Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daihā

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

Possibly from a Proto-Germanic *daihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”); an alternative possibility made less likely by its semantic implausibility is a blend of *raihō (“roe deer”) +‎ Latin damma (“fallow deer”) (historically suggested for Old English dā, but blending is possible at the West Germanic stage).

Compare *daijan (“to suckle”) and Sanskrit धेनुः (dhénu, “cow, milk-cow”); for the formation, see *raihō (“roe deer”) and *slaihā (“sloe”).

Noun

*daihā f

  1. a female deer, hind

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *daihā
Genitive *daihōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *daihā *daihōn
Accusative *daihōn *daihōn
Genitive *daihōn *daihōnō
Dative *daihōn *daihōm, *daihum
Instrumental *daihōn *daihōm, *daihum

Descendants

  • Old English: dā
    • Middle English: do, doo, da, daa (Northern)
      • English: doe
      • Middle Scots: da, daa, dae, de, dea
        • Scots: dae (obsolete)
    • → Old Cornish: da
    • → Old Danish: da
    • → Old Swedish: dā
      • ⇒ Swedish: dovhjort (obsolete dofhjort)
  • Old High German: *tēha
    • Middle High German: *tēhe, *tē
      • ⇒ Alemannic German: Deefang, Teefang
      • ⇒ German: Debrunnen, Deschwander

References

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