Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dagawerką

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 *dagaz +‎ *werką.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.ɣɑ.ˌwer.kɑ̃/

Noun

*dagawerką n[1]

  1. a day's work

Inflection

Declension of *dagawerką (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dagawerką *dagawerkō
vocative *dagawerką *dagawerkō
accusative *dagawerką *dagawerkō
genitive *dagawerkas, *dagawirkis *dagawerkǫ̂
dative *dagawerkai *dagawerkamaz
instrumental *dagawerkō *dagawerkamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dagawerk
    • Old English: dæġweorc
    • Old Saxon: dagwerk
      • Middle Low German: dāgewerk, dachwerk
        • German Low German: Dagwark
    • Old Dutch: *dagawerk
      • Middle Dutch: dach werck
        • Dutch: dagwerk
    • Old High German: tagawerk
  • Old Norse: dagverk
    • Icelandic: dagverk
    • ⇒ Icelandic: dagsverk
    • ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: dagsverk
    • ⇒ Swedish: dagsverke

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*đaʒa-werkan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
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