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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dungijǭ

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈduŋ.ɡi.jɔ̃ː/

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from *dungō (“earth, dung”) +‎ *-jǭ. Kroonen, however, derives this via an intermediary verb *dungijaną (“to fertilise”). See Proto-West Germanic *dungijan.

Noun

*dungijǭ f

  1. earthen mound
  2. dunghill
Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *dungijǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dungijǭ *dungijōniz
vocative *dungijǭ *dungijōniz
accusative *dungijōnų *dungijōnunz
genitive *dungijōniz *dungijōnǫ̂
dative *dungijōni *dungijōmaz
instrumental *dungijōnē *dungijōmiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *dungijā
    • Old English: dynċġe, dinċġe, denġe
      • → Latin: dingia (Anglo-Latin)
    • Old Dutch: *dunga
      • Middle Dutch: *donge, *donke
        • Dutch: donk (archaic)
        • ⇒ Middle Dutch: santdonc
      • ⇒ Old Dutch: Dungus
      • ⇒ Old Dutch: Medmedug
    • →? Vulgar Latin: *dominiōnem m (“donjon”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: dyngja
    • Icelandic: dyngja
    • Faroese: dyngja (“heap, pile, multitude, crowd”)
    • Norn: dongja (“heap, pile”)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dynge
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: dyngje (“heap, pile”)
    • Old Swedish: dyngia
    • Danish: dynge
    • Gutnish: dyngge, dynggå
    • ⇒ Old Norse: *mykidyngja (“dung heap”)
      • Old Danish: møghdyngh, møgdinge, møgding
  • → Proto-Finnic: *tunkijo (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Possibly from *dungz (“vault, cave, cellar”) +‎ *-jǭ.

Noun

*dungijǭ f

  1. apartment, bower
Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *dungijǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dungijǭ *dungijōniz
vocative *dungijǭ *dungijōniz
accusative *dungijōnų *dungijōnunz
genitive *dungijōniz *dungijōnǫ̂
dative *dungijōni *dungijōmaz
instrumental *dungijōnē *dungijōmiz
Descendants
  • Old Norse: dyngja (“bower”)
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