Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gudą
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Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one); libated, poured as part of a liquid offering”), perhaps via the earlier meaning of “[libation made to an] idol” or “spirit immanent in a burial mound”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*gudą n
Inflection edit
neuter a-stemDeclension of *gudą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *gudą | *gudō | |
vocative | *gudą | *gudō | |
accusative | *gudą | *gudō | |
genitive | *gudas, *gudis | *gudǫ̂ | |
dative | *gudai | *gudamaz | |
instrumental | *gudō | *gudamiz |
Reconstruction notes edit
The word was originally neuter, but with the spread of Christianity it eventually became masculine when referring to the Christian god.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *god
- Old Norse: goð n, guð m, ᚴᚢᚦ (kuþ), ᚷᚢᛞ (ɢuᴅ), ᚷᚢᚦ (ɢuþ)
- Icelandic: goð n
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ)
Further reading edit
- Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
- Heinrich Meidinger, Vergleichendes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen Mundarten, 1833], page 159
- Fick, August (1909) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, volume III, bearbeitet von Adalbert Bezzenberger, Hjalmar Falk, August Fick, Whitley Stokes, Alf Torp, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 136