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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þaisimō

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

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *þaisimô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂y- (“to knead”), compare Proto-Celtic *taistos (“dough”), Proto-Slavic *těsto (“dough”), Ancient Greek σταῖς (staîs) ~ σταιτός (staitós, “dough”).[1]

Noun

*þaisimō m[2]

  1. yeast

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *þaisimō
Genitive *þaisimini, *þaisiman
Singular Plural
Nominative *þaisimō *þaisiman
Accusative *þaisiman *þaisiman
Genitive *þaisimini, *þaisiman *þaisimanō
Dative *þaisimini, *þaisiman *þaisimum
Instrumental *þaisimini, *þaisiman *þaisimum

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: þǣsma
  • Old Saxon: *thēsimo
  • Old Dutch: *thēsimo
  • Old High German: deismo, deisemo
    • Middle High German: deisme
      • German: Deisam

References
  1. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “desem”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “pgm. *þaismian”
  2. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 235: “PWGmc *þaisimō”
  3. Franck, Johannes (1892) “deesem”, in Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “Germ. *þaism(i)an-”
  4. de Vries, Jan (1971) “desem”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “germ. *þaismian”
  5. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þaismjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531
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