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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diupī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *diupį̄; equivalent to *deup + *-ī.[1]
Noun
*diupī f
- depth
Inflection
| īn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *diupī | |
| Genitive | *diupīn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *diupī | — |
| Accusative | *diupīn | — |
| Genitive | *diupīn | — |
| Dative | *diupīn | — |
| Instrumental | *diupīn | — |
Descendants
- Old Dutch: diupi
- Old Saxon: diupi
- Middle Low German: dēpe
- Old High German: tiufī, tiufe, tiufīn
- Middle High German: tiufe, tiefe
- Alemannic German: Tüüfi, Tieffi
- German: Tiefe (obsolete Teufe)
- Rhine Franconian:
- Palatine German: Dief, Tief
- Vilamovian: tif
- Middle High German: tiufe, tiefe
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*diupīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 71