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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tehwō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *déḱweh₂, from *deḱ- (“to fit”). Verner's alternate of *tēwō with different ablaut of the root syllable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈte.xʷɔː/
Noun
*tehwō f
- order, array
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *tehwō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *tehwō | *tehwôz | |
vocative | *tehwō | *tehwôz | |
accusative | *tehwǭ | *tehwōz | |
genitive | *tehwōz | *tehwǫ̂ | |
dative | *tehwōi | *tehwōmaz | |
instrumental | *tehwō | *tehwōmiz |
Related terms
- *tēwō
- *tehwōną
- *tēwijaną
- *tēwijaz
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *teha
- Middle Low German: teche
- Old High German: *zeha
- Middle High German: zeche, zech
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN