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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dauzô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Related to *dwēsaz (“foolish, stupid”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑu̯.zɔːː/

Noun

*dauzô m[1]

  1. (West Germanic) fool

Declension
masculine an-stemDeclension of *dauzô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dauzô *dauzaniz
vocative *dauzô *dauzaniz
accusative *dauzanų *dauzanunz
genitive *dauziniz *dauzanǫ̂
dative *dauzini *dauzammaz
instrumental *dauzinē *dauzammiz

Descendants
  • Old Saxon:
    • Middle Low German: dōre
      • → Danish: dåre
      • → Icelandic: dári (possibly)
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: dåre
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: dåre
      • → Swedish: dåre
  • Old Dutch:
  • Old High German:

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dauzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
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