Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dimmaz

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

Alternative forms

*dimzaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰemH- (“to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdim.mɑz/

Adjective

*dimmaz

dim
gloomy

Inflection

Declension of *dimmaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*dimmaz	*dimmō	*dimmą, -atō	*dimmai	*dimmôz	*dimmō
accusative	*dimmanǭ	*dimmǭ	*dimmą, -atō	*dimmanz	*dimmōz	*dimmō
genitive	*dimmas, -is	*dimmaizōz	*dimmas, -is	*dimmaizǫ̂	*dimmaizǫ̂	*dimmaizǫ̂
dative	*dimmammai	*dimmaizōi	*dimmammai	*dimmaimaz	*dimmaimaz	*dimmaimaz
instrumental	*dimmanō	*dimmaizō	*dimmanō	*dimmaimiz	*dimmaimiz	*dimmaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*dimmô	*dimmǭ	*dimmô	*dimmaniz	*dimmōniz	*dimmōnō
accusative	*dimmanų	*dimmōnų	*dimmô	*dimmanunz	*dimmōnunz	*dimmōnō
genitive	*dimminiz	*dimmōniz	*dimminiz	*dimmanǫ̂	*dimmōnǫ̂	*dimmanǫ̂
dative	*dimmini	*dimmōni	*dimmini	*dimmammaz	*dimmōmaz	*dimmammaz
instrumental	*dimminē	*dimmōnē	*dimminē	*dimmammiz	*dimmōmiz	*dimmammiz

Related terms

*dimmōną
*dimmijaną
*dimraz/*dimbraz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dimm, *dimr
- Old English: dimm, dim
  - Middle English: dim
    - Scots: dim
    - English: dim
      - → Dutch: dim
- Old Frisian: dimm, dim
- Old Saxon: *dimm, thimm, thim
- Old High German: timbar (< *dimr < *dimzaz)
  - Middle High German: timber
    - Bavarian: dumper
    - German: dimper
Old Norse: dimmr
- Icelandic: dimmur
- Faroese: dimmur
- Norwegian: dimm, dim
- Danish: dim
- Old Swedish: dimber