Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaidu
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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
From Proto-Germanic *gaidwą.
Noun edit
*gaidu n[1]
Inflection edit
| Neuter wa-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gaidu | |
| Genitive | *gaidwas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gaidu | *gaidu |
| Accusative | *gaidu | *gaidu |
| Genitive | *gaidwas | *gaidwō |
| Dative | *gaidwē | *gaidum |
| Instrumental | *gaidu | *gaidum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: gād, gǣd
- Old Frisian: gād
- Old Saxon: gēdia, gēdea
- Old High German: *gaidu
- → Latin: fārigaidus (< fara (“descendents”) + *-gaidu (“lack”))
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *gaidu, *gaidwa-”