Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daupīni

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daupīniz. Equivalent to *daupijan (“to dip, to immerse”) +‎ *-īni.

Noun

*daupīni f

dipping, immersion
baptism

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*daupīni
Genitive	*daupīnī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*daupīni	*daupīnī
Accusative	*daupīni	*daupīnī
Genitive	*daupīnī	*daupīnijō
Dative	*daupīnī	*daupīnim
Instrumental	*daupīnī	*daupīnim

Descendants

Old Frisian: dēpene
Old Dutch: douphe, *doupe
- Middle Dutch: dope
  - Dutch: doop (“baptism”)
Old Saxon: dōpi
- Middle Low German: dōpe, dōp
  - → Danish: dåb (“baptism”)
  - → Norwegian: dåp
  - → Swedish: dop (“baptism”)
Old High German: toufī; *doufī (Central German)
- Middle High German: toufe, töufe; dōfe (Central German)
  - German: Taufe (“baptism”)
  - Hunsrik: Daaf
  - Luxembourgish: Daf
  - Pennsylvania German: Daaf