Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dodr

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Unknown; possibly either related to:

*dodrō (“egg yolk”), due to their yellow or orange stems, perhaps both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ut-ró-s, from *dʰuh₂-tó-s (“yellow”) (whence Tocharian B [Term?] (tute, “yellow”)[1]), from *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”) (whence also *dusnaz (“brownish, yellow”)),
or Proto-Germanic *duttaz (“tuft”) and possibly Latvian duža (“tuft”), presumably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰudʰ-yéh₂.[2]

North Germanic forms are perhaps instead inherited from unattested Old Norse *doðra[3], from Proto-Germanic *dudrǭ.[4]

Noun

*dodr m[2]

dodder (Cuscuta spp. or Camelina spp.)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dodr
Genitive	*dodras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dodr	dodrō, dodrōs
Accusative	*dodr	*dodrā
Genitive	*dodras	*dodrō
Dative	*dodrē	*dodrum
Instrumental	*dodru	*dodrum

Related terms

*dodrō

Descendants

Old Frisian: *doder
- Saterland Frisian: Doder
Old Saxon: *dodor
- Middle Low German: dôder, dodder
  - German Low German:
    Low Prussian: Döder, Dödder, Dort
  - → Icelandic: doðra
  - → Norwegian: dådre[5]
  - → Swedish: dodra, doddra, dådra[6]
  - → Danish: dodder, dudder[5]
Old Dutch: *doder
- Middle Dutch: *dôder
  - Dutch: dodder (or < Low German)
  - → Middle English: doder, dodyr[7] [1265] (or < Low German[8])
    - English: dodder
Old High German: totir
- Middle High German: toter, tother
  - German: Dotter

References

Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “tute”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 318
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dudra/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106: “WGm. *dudra-”
Sahlgren, Jöran; Grape, Anders; Lundberg, Oskar, editors (1914) Namn och bygd, volume 1-2, Uppsala: A.-b. Akademiska bokhandeln
Björkman, Erik (1902), “Die Pflanzennamen der althochdeutschen Glossen”, in Zeitschrift für deutsche Sprache, Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, volume 2, page 226; volume 3, page 306
van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010), “dodder”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964, page 276
Hellquist, Elof (1922), “dodra”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, pages 95-96
de Vries, Jan (1971), “dodder”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
“doder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[1] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “tute”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 318

[EDPG-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dudra/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106: “WGm. *dudra-”

[3] Sahlgren, Jöran; Grape, Anders; Lundberg, Oskar, editors (1914) Namn och bygd, volume 1-2, Uppsala: A.-b. Akademiska bokhandeln

[4] Björkman, Erik (1902), “Die Pflanzennamen der althochdeutschen Glossen”, in Zeitschrift für deutsche Sprache, Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, volume 2, page 226; volume 3, page 306

[NWW-5] van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010), “dodder”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964, page 276

[6] Hellquist, Elof (1922), “dodra”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, pages 95-96

[7] Vries, Jan (1971), “dodder”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[8] “doder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.