Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gahaitą

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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

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Etymology

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From *ga- +‎ *haitą.

Noun

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*gahaitą n

  1. pledge, vow, promise

Inflection

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neuter a-stemDeclension of *gahaitą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gahaitą *gahaitō
vocative *gahaitą *gahaitō
accusative *gahaitą *gahaitō
genitive *gahaitas, *gahaitis *gahaitǫ̂
dative *gahaitai *gahaitamaz
instrumental *gahaitō *gahaitamiz
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Descendants

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In Continental West Germanic it was masculine, but there seems to have existed a neuter ja-stem variant (*gahaitiją).