Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þahs

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

Noun

*þahs m

1. badger

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þahs
Genitive	*þahsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þahs	*þahsō, *þahsōs
Accusative	*þahs	*þahsā
Genitive	*þahsas	*þahsō
Dative	*þahsē	*þahsum
Instrumental	*þahsu	*þahsum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *thaks
  • Saterland Frisian: Taks
• Old Saxon: thahs
  • Middle Low German: das, dasse
    • German Low German: Dass
• Old Dutch: *thas
  • Middle Dutch: das
    • Dutch: das
      • Afrikaans: das, dassie
        • → English: dassie
      • Jersey Dutch: dās
      • → West Frisian: das
    • Limburgish: dasj
    • West Flemish: das
• Old High German: dahs
  • Middle High German: dahs
    • Cimbrian: daks
    • German: Dachs
      • → German Low German: Dacks
      • → Luxembourgish: Dachs
      • → Saterland Frisian: Daks
    • Hunsrik: Dachs
    • Luxembourgish: Duess (archaic)
    • Yiddish: דאַקס (daks)
• → Late Latin: taxus, taxō (see there for further descendants)