*dūbǭ
Runic: ᛞᚢᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈduː.βɔ̃ː/noun · feminine · ōn-stem
Meanings
dove, pigeon
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (‘hazy, unclear, dark; deep’). According to (Kroonen 2013), derived from Proto-Germanic *dūbaną (‘to dive; to sink’), likely referring to the dove's characteristic divebombing flight.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dūbǭ | dūbōniz |
| Acc. | dūbōnų | dūbōnunz |
| Gen. | dūbōniz | dūbōnǫ̂ |
| Dat. | dūbōni | dūbōmaz |
| Inst. | dūbōnē | dūbōmiz |
| Voc. | dūbǭ | dūbōniz |
Descendants
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*dūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
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dūva (Old Dutch)
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duve (Middle Dutch)
- doef (Limburgish)
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duve (Middle Dutch)
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dūva (Old Dutch)
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*dūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
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dūva (Old Dutch)
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duve (Middle Dutch)
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duif (Dutch)
- duif (Afrikaans)
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duif (Dutch)
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duve (Middle Dutch)
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dūva (Old Dutch)
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*dūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
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*dūfe (Old English)
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douve, dove, duve, dowve, dowe, doufe, douf (Middle English)
- dove (English)
- doo, dow (Scots)
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douve, dove, duve, dowve, dowe, doufe, douf (Middle English)
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*dūfe (Old English)
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*dūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
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*dūve, *dūe (Old Frisian)
- Dúve (Saterland Frisian)
- do (West Frisian)
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*dūve, *dūe (Old Frisian)
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*dūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
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tūba, dūva (Old High German)
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tūbe, dūve (Middle High German)
- Tuub, Duub, Duube, Düüwe, Daup, Taub, Tuube, Tube, Tubo (Alemannic German)
- Taubm, Daum, Taubn (Bavarian)
- Duuv, Duv, Dauf, Doef (Central Franconian)
- Taube (German)
- Dauf (Luxembourgish)
- Taub, Daup (Swabian)
- טויב (toyb) (Yiddish)
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tūbe, dūve (Middle High German)
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tūba, dūva (Old High German)
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*dūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
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tūba, dūva (Old High German)
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tūbe, dūve (Middle High German)
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daup, dǫup (Rhine Franconian)
- Daub (Pennsylvania German)
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daup, dǫup (Rhine Franconian)
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tūbe, dūve (Middle High German)
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tūba, dūva (Old High German)
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*dūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
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dūva (Old Saxon)
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dūve (Middle Low German)
- duve, doeve (Dutch Low Saxon)
- Duw, Düw, Duuv, Düüv, Duuw, Düüw, Duv, Düv (Plautdietsch)
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dūve (Middle Low German)
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dūva (Old Saxon)
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*dūbā (Proto-West Germanic)
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dūva (Old Saxon)
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dūve (Middle Low German)
- Duuv, Duve, Duuf, Duuw, Düüv, Düüw (Low German)
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dūve (Middle Low German)
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dūva (Old Saxon)
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dúfa (Old Norse)
- dúgva, dúva (Faroese)
- dúfa (Icelandic)
- due (Norwegian Bokmål)
- due (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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dúfa (Old Norse)
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dufæ (Old Danish)
- due (Danish)
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dufæ (Old Danish)
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dúfa (Old Norse)
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dūva, ᚦᚢᚠᛆ (Old Swedish)
- duva (Swedish)
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dūva, ᚦᚢᚠᛆ (Old Swedish)
- *𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*dubō) (Gothic)