*dēdiz

Runic: ᛞᛖᛞᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdɛː.ðiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

deed, act

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *dʰē-tí-s, (with a full-grade root with oxytone accent, giving the Verner’s Law -d- in Proto-Germanic, see (Ringe 2013)), from *dʰéh₁-ti-s ~ *dʰh₁-téy-s from root *dʰeh₁- (‘to do, to put’). Cognates are Ancient Greek θέσις (thesis) (thesis, ‘a setting, placement, arrangement’), Proto-Italic *fētis (‘deed’), Proto-Slavic *dětь (‘action, operation; act, deed’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	dēdiz	dēdīz
Acc.	dēdį	dēdinz
Gen.	dēdīz	dēdijǫ̂
Dat.	dēdī	dēdimaz
Inst.	dēdī	dēdimiz
Voc.	dēdi	dēdīz

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Descendants

*dādi (Proto-West Germanic)
- dāt (Old Dutch)
  - dâet (Middle Dutch)
    - daod (Limburgish)
*dādi (Proto-West Germanic)
- dāt (Old Dutch)
  - dâet (Middle Dutch)
    - daad (Dutch)
      - daad (Afrikaans)
*dādi (Proto-West Germanic)
- dǣd, dēd (Old English)
  - dede (Middle English)
    - deed (English)
    - dede, ded, deid (Scots)
*dādi (Proto-West Germanic)
- dēd, dēde (Old Frisian)
  - Däid (Saterland Frisian)
  - died (West Frisian)
*dādi (Proto-West Germanic)
- tāt (Old High German)
  - tāt, dāt, tæte (Middle High German)
    - Tat (German)
    - Dot (Luxembourgish)
*dādi (Proto-West Germanic)
- dād (Old Saxon)
  - dât, dâde (Middle Low German)
    - Daad (Low German)
    - Daat, Dad (Low German)
    - Doat (Saterland Frisian)
dáð (Old Norse)
- dåð (Elfdalian)
- dáð (Faroese)
- dad (Gutnish)
- dáð (Icelandic)
- dáð (Jamtish)
- dåd (Norwegian Nynorsk)
dáð (Old Norse)
- dāth (Old Danish)
  - dåd (Danish)
    - dåd (Norwegian Bokmål)
dáð (Old Norse)
- dāþ (Old Swedish)
  - dåd (Swedish)
*𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*dēþs) (Gothic)

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