Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaizô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”).

Noun

*gaizô m

1. a wedge-shaped piece

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *gaizô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gaizô	*gaizaniz
vocative	*gaizô	*gaizaniz
accusative	*gaizanų	*gaizanunz
genitive	*gaiziniz	*gaizanǫ̂
dative	*gaizini	*gaizammaz
instrumental	*gaizinē	*gaizammiz

Related terms

• *gaizaz

Descendants

• Old English: gāra
  • Middle English: gore, gare
    • English: gore
    • Scots: gair
• Old Frisian: gare
• Old Saxon: gēro
  • Middle Low German: gēre
• Old High German: gēro, kēro
  • German: Gehre (“gusset”)
• Old Norse: geiri
  • Icelandic: geiri
  • Faroese: geiri
  • Swedish: gere
  • Middle Danish: gere
    • Danish: gere