Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaidu
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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-”