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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gad
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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
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *gadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.[1]
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gad | |
| Genitive | *gadas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gad | *gadō, *gadōs |
| Accusative | *gad | *gadā |
| Genitive | *gadas | *gadō |
| Dative | *gadē | *gadum |
| Instrumental | *gadu | *gadum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: gæd
Etymology 2
See above.
Declension
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *gad | ||
| Genitive | *gadas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *gad | *gadu | *gad |
| Accusative | *gadanā | *gadā | *gad |
| Genitive | *gadas | *gadeʀā | *gadas |
| Dative | *gadumē | *gadeʀē | *gadumē |
| Instrumental | *gadu | *gadeʀu | *gadu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *gadē | *gadō | *gadu |
| Accusative | *gadā | *gadā | *gadu |
| Genitive | *gadeʀō | *gadeʀō | *gadeʀō |
| Dative | *gadēm, *gadum | *gadēm, *gadum | *gadēm, *gadum |
| Instrumental | *gadēm, *gadum | *gadēm, *gadum | *gadēm, *gadum |
Descendants
- ⇒ Old High German: gigat (“suitable”)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gadojan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162/163: “*gada-”
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