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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/turdawibilaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *turdą (“manure”) + *wibilaz (“beetle”).[1]
Noun
*turdawibilaz m
- dung-beetle
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *turdawibilaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *turdawibilaz | *turdawibilōz, *turdawibilōs | |
| vocative | *turdawibil | *turdawibilōz, *turdawibilōs | |
| accusative | *turdawibilą | *turdawibilanz | |
| genitive | *turdawibilas, *turdawibilis | *turdawibilǫ̂ | |
| dative | *turdawibilai | *turdawibilamaz | |
| instrumental | *turdawibilō | *turdawibilamiz | |
Descendants
- West Germanic: *tordawibil
- Old English: tordwifel
- Old Dutch: *tortwivil
- Middle Dutch: *tortwevel
- Dutch: tortwevel
- Middle Dutch: *tortwevel
- Old Norse: torðyfill
- Icelandic: tordýfill
- Norwegian: tordivel, tordyvel
- Old Swedish: torddöffla
- Swedish: tordyvel
- Old Danish: thorthifil
References
- Hellquist, Elof (1922) , “tordyvel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 991