Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gutô

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 edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Proto-Germanic *gautaz and Proto-Germanic *eutaz, related also to Gutnish, Gotland.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɣu.tɔːː/

Noun edit

*gutô m

a Gute, Gotlander
a Goth

Inflection edit

masculine an-stemDeclension of *gutô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gutô	*gutaniz
vocative	*gutô	*gutaniz
accusative	*gutanų	*gutanunz
genitive	*gutiniz	*gutanǫ̂
dative	*gutini	*gutammaz
instrumental	*gutinē	*gutammiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *gotō
- Old English: Gota, Guta
  - Middle English: Gothes, Gotes (pl.)
    - English: Goth (influenced by Latin Gothus)
  - → Irish: Gotach
- Middle High German: goten (pl.)
  - German: Gote (borrowed from English?)
- → Latin: Gotones, Gothones (Tacitus)
Old Norse: goti
- Icelandic: Goti
- Faroese: goti
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gote
- Old Swedish: guti (pl. gutar, gotar)
  - Swedish: gute, got (in Gotland)
- Danish: guter pl, gote, goter
  - Norwegian Bokmål: goter
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: gotar
- → Finnish: gootti
Gothic: *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta) (in 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (gutþiuda)), ᚷᚢᛏᚨᚾᛁ (gutanī, gen.pl.)
- → Ancient Greek: *Γοῦθθος (*Goûththos) (as gen. pl. Γούθθων), Γύθωες (Gúthōes) (Ptolemy), Γότθος (Gótthos)
  - → Chinese: 哥特人 (gētèrén)
  - → Latin: gotus, gothus
    - Catalan: got
    - Middle French: Got
      - French: Goth
    - Portuguese: godo
    - Spanish: godo
  - → Parthian: Gut
  - → Russian: гот (got)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: Gȍt, Го̏т

→ Ancient Greek: Γούτωνες (Goútōnes) (Strabo)
→ Latin: Gutones (Pliny the Elder, recording the account of Pytheas of Massalia)