Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gauwjamann
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *gawi (“shire”) + *mann (“man”).
Noun edit
*gauwjamann m
Inflection edit
Consonant stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *gauwjamann | |
Genitive | *gauwjamanni | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *gauwjamann | *gauwjamanni |
Accusative | *gauwjamannu | *gauwjamanni |
Genitive | *gauwjamanni | *gauwjamannō |
Dative | *gauwjamanni | *gauwjamannum |
Instrumental | *gauwjamanni | *gauwjamannum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: *ġēamann
- Old Frisian: gāmann, gāmonn
- Old Dutch: *gawiman
- >? Middle Dutch: goyman (or a corruption of Middle Dutch godeman (“man of God”)[1])
References edit
- ^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “GOD”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001