Daumengrundglied

Daumengrundglied is a term used in the context of Germanic philology and linguistics, particularly in relation to the study of Indo-European languages. It refers to a specific morphological category of nouns in certain Germanic languages, where the root of the word is combined with a separate element called the Grundglied, which is a ground or base element.

In the history of Germanic languages, the Daumengrundglied was a common feature of Proto-Germanic and other ancient Germanic languages. The term itself is derived from the Germanic words "daumen" (thumb) and "Grundglied" (ground or base element), which refers to the thumbstone, a reference to a morphological construction resembling the shape and the block-like properties of a borrowing from Proto Indo-European.

The Daumengrundglied category helped to expand the meaning of certain base roots in Germanic languages by adding various prefixes and endings. The ground element functioned generally as a summing up of the basic and auxillary aspects. The category is attested in several ancient languages such as Old English, Old High German, and Gothic.

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