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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dani

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

Uncertain; presummedly from Proto-Germanic *danją, possibly cognate with Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhánvan, “desert, dry land, beach”)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *dʰén-w-ō. Perhaps also related to Old High German tenar (“flat hand, palm”)[2], however this is disputed[1].

Noun

*dani n[1]

  1. a flat area, floor
  2. a small dale

Inflection
Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *dani
Genitive *dannjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *dani *dannju
Accusative *dani *dannju
Genitive *dannjas *dannjō
Dative *dannjē *dannjum
Instrumental *dannju *dannjum

Descendants
  • Old English: denn n; denu f
  • Old Frisian: dann
    • Saterland Frisian: Dan
  • Old Saxon: *danni, *denni
  • Old Dutch: *denni
  • Old High German: tenni n
    • Middle High German: tenne n or f
  • → Medieval Latin: danea

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*đanraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70: “WGmc *đenjan”
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Tenne”, 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 726
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