Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tōgô

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

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₃gʰ-. Possibly cognate with Albanian degë.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*tōgô m

twig; branch
Synonyms: *astaz, *limuz, *telguz, *twīgą

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *tōgô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tōgô	*tōganiz
vocative	*tōgô	*tōganiz
accusative	*taganų	*takkunz
genitive	*takkaz	*takkǫ̂
dative	*tagini	*tagummiz
instrumental	*takkē	*takkamiz

Related terms

*taggǭ, *taggô
*takkô
*tōkô

Descendants

Old High German: zuogo
Old Saxon: tōgo
Middle Dutch: tooch
- Dutch: toege

From a levelled variant tagg-:

North Germanic:
- Danish: tagge
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tagge
- Old Swedish: tagger
  - Swedish: tagg
- → English: tag

From the genitive stem takk-:

Old High German: zacken pl
- German: Zacke
Middle Dutch: tac
- Dutch: tak
→ Old French: taque
- → Middle English: takke
  - English: tack

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*tōgan- ~ *takkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*tōgan- ~ *takkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519