Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gatą

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 derives the word from Pre-Germanic *gʰodom, itself from *getaną (“to find a way; to get”), and rejects connections to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed- (“to defecate”) (whence Sanskrit हदति (hádati)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ.tɑ̃/

Noun

*gatą n

1. hole, opening, passage

Inflection

Declension of *gatą (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*gatą	*gatō
vocative	*gatą	*gatō
accusative	*gatą	*gatō
genitive	*gatas, *gatis	*gatǫ̂
dative	*gatai	*gatamaz
instrumental	*gatō	*gatamiz

Related terms

• *gatwǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gat
  • Old English: gat, gæt, ġeat
    • Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate
      • English: gate; yate (dialectal)
        • → Irish: geata
        • → Scottish Gaelic: geata
        • → Dutch: gate
        • → Fiji Hindi: geet
        • → German: Gate
      • Scots: ȝet, ȝett, yet, yett
  • Old Frisian: gat, jet
    • Saterland Frisian: Gat
    • West Frisian: gat
  • Old Saxon: gat
    • Middle Low German: gat
      • Low German: gat, Gatt
      • → Danish: gat
      • → German: Gatt
      • → Swedish: gatt
  • Old Dutch: *gat
    • Middle Dutch: gat
      • Dutch: gat
        • Afrikaans: gat
• Old Norse: gat
  • Icelandic: gat
  • Faroese: gat
  • Swedish: gat