Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dodrō

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;[1] possibly related to *dodr (“dodder”), see there.

Noun

*dodrō m

egg yolk

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dodrō
Genitive	dodrini, dodran
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dodrō	*dodran
Accusative	*dodran	*dodran
Genitive	dodrini, dodran	*dodranō
Dative	dodrini, dodran	*dodrum
Instrumental	dodrini, dodran	*dodrum

Derived terms

*aijadodrō
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Oaidoderke
- German Low German:
  Westmünsterländisch: Äidotter
- Dutch: eidooier
- German: Eidotter

Descendants

Old English: *dydra
- ⇒ Old English: *dydring, dydrin
West Frisian: djerre, djirre
Old Saxon: dodro
- Middle Low German: doder, dodder, dȫder, dōdder; dodel, dōdel, dȫdel
  - German Low German:
    Altmärkisch: Dodder
    Westphalian:
    Dortmundisch: Dɔ̄ə, Dɔ̄əer
    Lippisch: Dödderk
    Ravensbergisch: Duaer
    Sauerländisch: Duater, Dotter (Niedersfeld, Bestwig, Felbecke), Dōeter (Wenden)
  - → Icelandic: döddur
Old Dutch: *dodro
- Middle Dutch: dōdre, dōder
  - Dutch: dooier
  - Limburgish: daore
Old High German: totoro, tuter
- Middle High German: toter, tuter
  - German: Dotter
  - Luxembourgish: Dueder

References

Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Dotter”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 152

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Dotter”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 152