Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/paidō

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; likely borrowed from a substrate language, compare Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, shepherd's cloak), and perhaps Albanian petk (gown).[1][2][3][4][5]

Noun[edit]

*paidō f[6][7][8]

  1. cloak
    Synonym: *hakulaz
  2. shirt

Inflection[edit]

ō-stemDeclension of *paidō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *paidō *paidôz
vocative *paidō *paidôz
accusative *paidǭ *paidōz
genitive *paidōz *paidǫ̂
dative *paidōi *paidōmaz
instrumental *paidō *paidōmiz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, D. A., Jr. (1988–1990) “Evidence for the position of Tocharian in the Indo-European family?”, in Die Sprache, volume 34, Vienna: Universität Wien, page 112:PG *paidō (Gothic paida, Old English pad, etc.) is neither cognate with Greek βαίτη ‘goatskin cloak’ nor borrowed from it; rather, both seem to have been borrowed from some lost language(s) once spoken in eastern Europe.
  2. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “pajrock”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, pages 1268-1269
  3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*baitéh₂-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 109-110
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “193”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page βαίτη
  5. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “baitā oder paitā?”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 92-93
  6. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297:*paidō
  7. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*paidō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
  8. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*paiđō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[3], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291