Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaumaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Kroonen reconstructs this word from earlier *gaugmaz (compare *draumaz), and connects it with Sanskrit गूहति (gūhati, “to hide”) (with analogical -ū-), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰewǵʰ-, *gʷʰewǵʰ-, assuming the original meaning was "to heed, guard".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*gaumaz m

1. heed, attention

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *gaumaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gaumaz	*gaumōz, *gaumōs
vocative	*gaum	*gaumōz, *gaumōs
accusative	*gaumą	*gaumanz
genitive	*gaumas, *gaumis	*gaumǫ̂
dative	*gaumai	*gaumamaz
instrumental	*gaumō	*gaumamiz

Derived terms

• *gaumijaną

Related terms

• *gumjaną

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *gōm
  • Middle Dutch: gôom
    • Dutch: goom
• Old Norse: gaumr
  • Faroese: geymur, geymi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gaum, åtgaum
  • → Middle English: gome
    • English: gaum, gorm (dialectal)
    • Scots: goam
      • → English: gumption

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN