Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gagadō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

*gagadō m[1]

  1. companion

Inflection edit

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *gagadō
Genitive *gagadini, *gagadan
Singular Plural
Nominative *gagadō *gagadan
Accusative *gagadan *gagadan
Genitive *gagadini, *gagadan *gagadanō
Dative *gagadini, *gagadan *gagadum
Instrumental *gagadini, *gagadan *gagadum

Descendants edit

  • Old English: ġegada
  • Old Saxon: gigado
  • Old Dutch: *gigado
  • Old High German: gigato

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192:PWGmc *gagadō