Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dekan
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editNoun
edit*dekan m
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *dekan | |
Genitive | *dekanas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *dekan | *dekanō, *dekanōs |
Accusative | *dekan | *dekanā |
Genitive | *dekanas | *dekanō |
Dative | *dekanē | *dekanum |
Instrumental | *dekanu | *dekanum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: decan
- Old Frisian: deken
- West Frisian: deken
- Old Saxon: *dekan
- Old Dutch: *dekan
- Old High German: tehhan, tehhant
References
edit- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “deken2”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “Zeer vroege, wellicht al Proto-Germaanse ontlening”.