Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ganut

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 *gans (“goose”) +‎ *-ut (animal suffix).

Noun

*ganut m

1. gander

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ganut
Genitive	*ganutas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ganut	*ganutō, *ganutōs
Accusative	*ganut	*ganutā
Genitive	*ganutas	*ganutō
Dative	*ganutē	*ganutum
Instrumental	*ganutu	*ganutum

Alternative reconstructions

• *ganit, *ganat

Derived terms

• *ganutijō
  • Old Saxon: *ganutio, *genitio
    • Middle Low German: gante, gente, gant
  • Old High German: ganazzo, ganzo
    • Middle High German: ganze
      • German: Ganze, Ganz, Genz, (Rhineland, Lorraine) Gunz

Descendants

• Old English: ganot, ganet
  • Middle English: ganet, ganat, gante
    • English: gannet
    • Yola: gannt
• Old Frisian: *ganet, *genet
  • Saterland Frisian: Gant, Gont
  • West Frisian: gent, gint
• Old Dutch: *ganit, *genit
  • Middle Dutch: *gant, gent, ghent
    • Dutch: gent, (dialectal) gant