*dauzô

Runic: ᛞᚨᚢᛉᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑu̯.zɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

fool

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰows-ṓ, an o-grade derivative of *dʰwḗs ~ *dʰus-és or Schwebeablaut of earlier *dʰwos-ṓ, both from root *dʰwes- (‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’) (Ozoliņš 2015). Compare Lithuanian daũsos (‘the skies; paradise’). Related to *dwēsaz (‘foolish, stupid’) and *deuzą (‘animal, beast’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.dauzôdauzaniz
Acc.dauzanųdauzanunz
Gen.dauzinizdauzanǫ̂
Dat.dauzinidauzammaz
Inst.dauzinēdauzammiz
Voc.dauzôdauzaniz

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Descendants

  • *dauʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dōro (Old Saxon)
      • dōre (Middle Low German)
        • dåre (Danish)
        • dári (Icelandic)
        • dåre (Norwegian Bokmål)
        • dåre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        • dåre (Swedish)
  • *dauʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dôro (Old Dutch)
      • dôre (Middle Dutch)
        • door (Dutch)
  • *dauʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *tōro (Old High German)
      • tōre (Middle High German)
        • Tor (German)

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