Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gudą

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.

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god (word)

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈɣu.ðɑ̃/

Noun

*gudą n

god, deity
Synonyms: *ansuz, *tīwaz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *gudą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gudą	*gudō
vocative	*gudą	*gudō
accusative	*gudą	*gudō
genitive	gudas, gudis	*gudǫ̂
dative	*gudai	*gudamaz
instrumental	*gudō	*gudamiz

Reconstruction notes

The word was originally neuter, but with the spread of Christianity it eventually became masculine when referring to the Christian god.

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *god
- Old English: god
  - Middle English: god
    - Scots: god, God
    - English: god, God
    - Yola: gud, Gud
- Old Frisian: god
  - North Frisian:
    - Föhr-Amrum: God
  - Saterland Frisian: God
  - West Frisian: god, God
- Old Saxon: god
  - Middle Low German: gad, god
    - Low German: Gott
    - Plautdietsch: Gott
- Old Dutch: got
  - Middle Dutch: got
    - Dutch: god, God
    - Limburgish: gód, Gód
- Old High German: got, cot
  - Middle High German: got
    - Alemannic German: Gott
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: Gott
      Mòcheno: Gott
    - Central Franconian: Jott
    - German: Gott
    - Luxembourgish: Gott
    - Yiddish: גאָט (got)
Old Norse: goð n, guð m, ᚴᚢᚦ (kuþ), ᚷᚢᛞ (ɢuᴅ), ᚷᚢᚦ (ɢuþ) — Runic form
- Icelandic: goð n
- Icelandic: guð m, goð n
- Faroese: Gud, gudur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gud m
- Elfdalian: guð
- Old Swedish: guþ n or m
  - Swedish: gud
- Danish: gud c
  - Norwegian Bokmål: gud
  - → Greenlandic: guuti
- Gutnish: gud, gu
Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ)