Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaumaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editKroonen reconstructs this word from earlier *gaugmaz (compare *draumaz), and connects it with Sanskrit गूहति (gūhati, “to hide”) (with analogical -ū-), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰewǵʰ-, *gʷʰewǵʰ-, assuming the original meaning was "to heed, guard".[1]
Alternatively, Mayrhofer connects this word with Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas (“noise, sound”) (whence Persian گوش (gôš, “ear”) and Sanskrit घुष् (ghuṣ, “sound”)), assuming an original form of Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾ʰew- (“to perceive”) from which both roots derive.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*gaumaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *gaumaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *gaumaz | *gaumōz, *gaumōs | |
vocative | *gaum | *gaumōz, *gaumōs | |
accusative | *gaumą | *gaumanz | |
genitive | *gaumas, *gaumis | *gaumǫ̂ | |
dative | *gaumai | *gaumamaz | |
instrumental | *gaumō | *gaumamiz |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 518-9