Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dumbaz
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰm̥bʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure; to confuse, stupefy”).[1] Alternatively, Kroonen takes the word as an adjectival derivative of *dimbaną (“to fog, smoke”), with semantic shift "foggy, hazy" > "dumb, mute", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰemH- (“to smoke, blow”)[2] The relation between *dʰewbʰ- and *dʰemH-, if any, is unclear.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*dumbaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *dumbaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dumbaz | *dumbai | *dumbō | *dumbôz | *dumbą, -atō | *dumbō |
| Accusative | *dumbanǭ | *dumbanz | *dumbǭ | *dumbōz | *dumbą, -atō | *dumbō |
| Genitive | *dumbas, -is | *dumbaizǫ̂ | *dumbaizōz | *dumbaizǫ̂ | *dumbas, -is | *dumbaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dumbammai | *dumbaimaz | *dumbaizōi | *dumbaimaz | *dumbammai | *dumbaimaz |
| Instrumental | *dumbanō | *dumbaimiz | *dumbaizō | *dumbaimiz | *dumbanō | *dumbaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dumbô | *dumbaniz | *dumbǭ | *dumbōniz | *dumbô | *dumbōnō |
| Accusative | *dumbanų | *dumbanunz | *dumbōnų | *dumbōnunz | *dumbô | *dumbōnō |
| Genitive | *dumbiniz | *dumbanǫ̂ | *dumbōniz | *dumbōnǫ̂ | *dumbiniz | *dumbanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dumbini | *dumbammaz | *dumbōni | *dumbōmaz | *dumbini | *dumbammaz |
| Instrumental | *dumbinē | *dumbammiz | *dumbōnē | *dumbōmiz | *dumbinē | *dumbammiz |
Related terms
[edit]- *daubaz (“stunned, deaf”)
Derived terms
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *dumb
- Old Norse: dumbr
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs)
References
[edit]- ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2024) Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²[1]
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dumba-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108