Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gauwjamann

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

Etymology

From *gawi (“shire”) +‎ *mann (“man”).

Noun

*gauwjamann m

1. small freeholder, yeoman, villager

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gauwjamann
Genitive	*gauwjamanni
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gauwjamann	*gauwjamanni
Accusative	*gauwjamannu	*gauwjamanni
Genitive	*gauwjamanni	*gauwjamannō
Dative	*gauwjamanni	*gauwjamannum
Instrumental	*gauwjamanni	*gauwjamannum

Descendants

• Old English: *ġēamann
  • Middle English: ȝeman, yeman, yoman
    • English: yeoman
• Old Frisian: gāmann, gāmonn
• Old Dutch: *gawiman
  • >? Middle Dutch: goyman (or a corruption of Middle Dutch godeman (“man of God”))