*dankwaz

Runic: ᛞᚨᚾᚲᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑŋʷ.kʷɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

dark

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰóngʷ-ó-s, from *dʰengʷ- (‘dark, hazy’), related to Hittite 𒁕 𒀭 𒆪 𒅖 (da-an-ku-iš /dankui-/, ‘dark, black, murky’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	dankwaz	dankwō	dankwą, -atō	dankwai	dankwôz	dankwō
Acc.	dankwanǭ	dankwǭ	dankwą, -atō	dankwanz	dankwōz	dankwō
Gen.	dankwas, -is	dankwaizōz	dankwas, -is	dankwaizǫ̂	dankwaizǫ̂	dankwaizǫ̂
Dat.	dankwammai	dankwaizōi	dankwammai	dankwaimaz	dankwaimaz	dankwaimaz
Inst.	dankwanō	dankwaizō	dankwanō	dankwaimiz	dankwaimiz	dankwaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	dankwô	dankwǭ	dankwô	dankwaniz	dankwōniz	dankwōnō
Acc.	dankwanų	dankwōnų	dankwô	dankwanunz	dankwōnunz	dankwōnō
Gen.	dankwiniz	dankwōniz	dankwiniz	dankwanǫ̂	dankwōnǫ̂	dankwanǫ̂
Dat.	dankwini	dankwōni	dankwini	dankwammaz	dankwōmaz	dankwammaz
Inst.	dankwinē	dankwōnē	dankwinē	dankwammiz	dankwōmiz	dankwammiz

Descendants

diunk (Old Frisian)
- jonk (Föhr-Amrum)
- junk (Sylt)
*dinkwaz (Old Frisian)
- jonk (Föhr-Amrum)
- junk (Sylt)
døkkr, dǫkkr (Old Norse)
- døkkur (Faroese)
- dökkur (Icelandic)
døkkr, dǫkkr (Old Norse)
- dank (Middle English)
  - dank (English)
  - donk, dunk (Scots)
døkkr, dǫkkr (Old Norse)
- ? (Norwegian)
  - dunken (Norwegian)
  - døkk, dokk (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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