Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gumō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Germanic *gumô.

Noun

*gumō m [1]

man

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gumō	*guman
Accusative	*guman	*guman
Genitive	*gumini	*gumanō
Dative	*gumini	*gumum
Instrumental	*gumini	*gumum

Descendants

Old English: guma
- Middle English: gome
  - Scots: gome
  - English: gome, groom
Old Frisian: goma
Old Saxon: gumo, gomo
Old Dutch: *gomo
- Middle Dutch: gome
Old High German: gomo
- Middle High German: gome

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*gumō”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*gumō”