*daigijǭ

Runic: ᛞᚨᛁᚷᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑi̯.ɣi.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

kneader of bread; dairy-maid

Etymology

From *daigaz + *-(i)jǭ (forms agent nouns, feminine of *-(i)jô). Ultimately from an o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeyǵʰ- (‘to knead; form, shape’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	daigijǭ	daigijōniz
Acc.	daigijōnų	daigijōnunz
Gen.	daigijōniz	daigijōnǫ̂
Dat.	daigijōni	daigijōmaz
Inst.	daigijōnē	daigijōmiz
Voc.	daigijǭ	daigijōniz

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Descendants

*daigijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- dǣġe (Old English)
  - deye, daie, deie (Middle English)
    - dai, dei, dey, deye (English)
    - dey, dee, deigh (Scots)
*daigijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- dǣġe (Old English)
  - deye, daie, deie (Middle English)
    - deye, daye (Anglo-Norman)
      - deyerie, daerye, deyerye (Anglo-Norman)
        
        deyerie, dayerye, deierie, deiȝerie, dayrye, deyry (Middle English)
        
        dairy (English)
        
        derry, dery, dyrie (Scots)
deigja (Old Norse)
- deigja (Icelandic)
- deigja, deia (Norwegian)
deigja (Old Norse)
- deghia, dighia (Old Swedish)
  - deja (Swedish)

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