*deuzą

Runic: ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈdeu̯.zɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

animal, beast

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-ó-m, a lengthened grade derivative of *dʰwḗs ~ *dʰus-és from root *dʰwes- (‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’) (Ozoliņš 2015). Cognates are Lithuanian dvēsti (‘soul’), Latvian dvēsele (‘soul’), Proto-Slavic *duša (‘soul, spirit’, whence Russian душа́ (dušá, ‘soul’)).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.deuządeuzō
Acc.deuządeuzō
Gen.deuzas, diuzisdeuzǫ̂
Dat.deuzaideuzamaz
Inst.deuzōdeuzamiz
Voc.deuządeuzō

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Descendants

  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dier, dior (Old Dutch)
      • dier (Middle Dutch)
        • deer (Limburgish)
  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dier, dior (Old Dutch)
      • dier (Middle Dutch)
        • dier (Dutch)
          • dier (Afrikaans)
  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dēor, dēar, dīor (Old English)
      • der, deer, dere, dier, deare, dure, deor, dor, duer, dur (Middle English)
        • deer (English)
  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dēor, dēar, dīor (Old English)
      • der, deer, dere, dier, deare, dure, deor, dor, duer, dur (Middle English)
        • dere, deir, deyr (Middle Scots)
          • deer (Scots)
  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • diār, diēr (Old Frisian)
      • Diert (Saterland Frisian)
      • djier, dier (West Frisian)
  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • diār, diēr (Old Frisian)
      • dier (North Frisian)
        • Diirt (North Frisian)
  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tior (Old High German)
      • tier (Middle High German)
        • Déier (Luxembourgish)
  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tior (Old High German)
      • tier (Middle High German)
        • Tier (German)
          • Tier, Tiea (Plautdietsch)
  • *deuʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dior (Old Saxon)
      • dēr, dēre, dērt, deirt, dêrd (Middle Low German)
        • Diert (Low German)
          • diert (Dutch Low Saxon)
          • Deer, Deert, Dird, Dairt, Duert, Diert, Dirt, Dier (Low German)
  • *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa) (Proto-Norse)
    • diūʀ (Old East Norse)
      • diūr (Old Danish)
        • dyr, djur (Danish)
          • dyr (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa) (Proto-Norse)
    • diūʀ (Old East Norse)
      • diūr, ᚦᛁᚢᚱ (Old Swedish)
        • djur (Swedish)
  • *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa) (Proto-Norse)
    • dýr, djór (Old West Norse)
      • dýr, djór (Faroese)
      • dýr (Icelandic)
      • dyr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa) (Proto-Norse)
    • *tivrē (Proto-Samic)
  • 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius) (Gothic)

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