*darōþuz

Runic: ᛞᚨᚱᛟᚦᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑ.rɔː.θuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

a light spear; javelin; dart

Etymology

From *darō (‘injury; damage, harm’) + *-ōþuz (forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs). There may have been an unattested weak class 2 verb **darōną ‘to harm, injure’ (denominative from *darō), to which *-ōþuz was then added, given that this suffix generally forms nouns from verbs.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	darōþuz	darōþiwiz
Acc.	darōþų	darōþunz
Gen.	darōþauz	darōþiwǫ̂
Dat.	darōþiwi	darōþumaz
Inst.	darōþū	darōþumiz
Voc.	darōþu	darōþiwiz

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Descendants

*darōþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *daroth (Old Dutch)
  - dāert, dart (Middle Dutch)
    - daart (Dutch)
*darōþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- daroþ (Old English)
- tart (Old High German)
*darōþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- dardus (Medieval Latin)
  - dart, dard (Old French)
    - dart (Middle English)
      - dart (English)
darraðr (Old Norse)
- darraður (Icelandic)

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