Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gait

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 *gaits.

Noun

*gait f

1. goat

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gait
Genitive	*gaiti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gait	*gaiti
Accusative	*gaitu	*gaiti
Genitive	*gaiti	*gaitō
Dative	*gaiti	*gaitum
Instrumental	*gaiti	*gaitum

Derived terms

• *gaitīn

Descendants

• Old English: gāt
  • Middle English: goot, got, gat, gote, goet, goth, gathe, geet
    • English: goat (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: gait, gayt
    • Yola: geearth, geearte, gurth; gearded
• Old Frisian: *gāt, *gēt
  • North Frisian: giet
  • Saterland Frisian: Geet
    • → German Low German: Jitt (dialectal)
  • West Frisian: geit
• Old Saxon: gēt
  • Middle Low German: gete, geite
• Walloon: gade
• Old Dutch: *geit
  • Middle Dutch: geit
    • Dutch: geit
      • Afrikaans: geit
    • Limburgish: geit
• Old High German: geiz
  • Middle High German: geiz
    • Alemannic German: Geiss
    • Bavarian: Goaß

      Cimbrian: goaz, gòas

      Mòcheno: goas

    • German: Geiß
    • Luxembourgish: Geess

Etymology 2

Possibly from the above, compare Dutch geitenmelker.

Noun

*gait f

1. thrush

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gait
Genitive	*gaiti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gait	*gaiti
Accusative	*gaitu	*gaiti
Genitive	*gaiti	*gaitō
Dative	*gaiti	*gaitum
Instrumental	*gaiti	*gaitum

Derived terms

• *gaitling

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *gēt
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: gētfugol
• Old Frisian: *gēt
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: *gētel
    • Saterland Frisian: geitel