Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þahsuz

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

    Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *tótḱ-us, from *tetḱ- (“to weave, braid, add, establish, construct”), likely owing to the badger's propensity to dig and thus construct tunnels.[1] In this case, cognate with Latin texō (“weave, braid, build, compose”), Ancient Greek τίκτω (tíktō), τέχνη (tékhnē), τέκτων (téktōn).

    However, later scholarship rejects the above relation and, in light of Proto-Celtic *taskos, has been derived from a Proto-Indo-European *toskos (“badger”),[2] which Kroonen considers to be a loanword from some unidentified western European substrate.[3]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈθɑx.suz/

    Noun

    *þahsuz m[3]

    1. badger

    Inflection

    Declension of *þahsuz (u-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *þahsuz *þahsiwiz
    vocative *þahsu *þahsiwiz
    accusative *þahsų *þahsunz
    genitive *þahsauz *þahsiwǫ̂
    dative *þahsiwi *þahsumaz
    instrumental *þahsū *þahsumiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *þahs
      • Old Frisian: *thaks
        • Saterland Frisian: Taks
      • Old Saxon: thahs
        • Middle Low German: das, dasse
          • German Low German: Dass
      • Old Dutch: *thas
        • Middle Dutch: das
          • Dutch: das
          • Limburgish: dasj
          • West Flemish: das
      • Old High German: dahs
      • → Late Latin: taxus, taxō (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Norse: þax, þǫx
    • Gothic: *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*þahsus)

    References

    1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*þaxsuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
    2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tasko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 372
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þahsu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531
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