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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/das
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *daʀ
Etymology
From the same ultimate source as *dwēsaz (“stupid, foolish”).[1]
Adjective
*das
- dizzy
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *das | ||
| Genitive | *dasas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *das | *dasu | *das |
| Accusative | *dasanā | *dasā | *das |
| Genitive | *dasas | *daseʀā | *dasas |
| Dative | *dasumē | *daseʀē | *dasumē |
| Instrumental | *dasu | *daseʀu | *dasu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *dasē | *dasō | *dasu |
| Accusative | *dasā | *dasā | *dasu |
| Genitive | *daseʀō | *daseʀō | *daseʀō |
| Dative | *dasēm, *dasum | *dasēm, *dasum | *dasēm, *dasum |
| Instrumental | *dasēm, *dasum | *dasēm, *dasum | *dasēm, *dasum |
Derived terms
- *daʀēn
Descendants
- Old Dutch:
- Middle Dutch: daes
- Dutch: dass
- Middle Dutch: daes
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “daas”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dazēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 89-90