Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/diupiþō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *deupaz +‎ *-iþō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiu̯.pi.θɔː/

Noun

*diupiþō f

1. deepness, depth

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *diupiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*diupiþō	*diupiþôz
vocative	*diupiþō	*diupiþôz
accusative	*diupiþǭ	*diupiþōz
genitive	*diupiþōz	*diupiþǫ̂
dative	*diupiþōi	*diupiþōmaz
instrumental	*diupiþō	*diupiþōmiz

Synonyms

• *diupį̄

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *diupiþu
  • Old English: *dīepþ, *dīepþu
    • Middle English: depthe
      • Scots: deepth
      • English: depth
  • Old Frisian: *diūpithe, *diūpte
    • Saterland Frisian: Djüpte
    • West Frisian: djipte
  • Old Saxon: diupitha
    • Middle Low German: dêpede
      • Low German: Deepde, Düüpde
  • Old Dutch: diopitha
    • Middle Dutch: dipde, diepte
      • Dutch: diepte
        • Afrikaans: diepte
  • Old High German: *tiufida
    • Middle High German: tiufede, *diufede (Central German, attested as tiefte, tūfede, dūfde)
      • Luxembourgish: Déift
• Old Norse: dýpð, dýpt
  • Faroese: dýpd
  • Icelandic: dýpt
  • Norn: djup
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dypt, djupt (influenced by djup)
  • Swedish: djupen
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa)