Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gōdī
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *gōdį̄. Equivalent to *gōd (“good”) + *-ī (abstract noun suffix).[1]
Noun
edit*gōdī f
- goodness, beneficence
- Synonym: *gōdnassī
Inflection
editīn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *gōdī | |
Genitive | *gōdīn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *gōdī | — |
Accusative | *gōdīn | — |
Genitive | *gōdīn | — |
Dative | *gōdīn | — |
Instrumental | *gōdīn | — |
Descendants
edit- Old Saxon: gōdī, guodī
- Old Dutch: guodi
- Old High German: guotī, guatī, guodī, guoitī, kuotī; chuotī — hypercorrect
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*gōdīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 138