göu

See also: gou, gòu, gōu, gǒu, and Gǒu

Middle High German

FWOTD – 31 March 2017

Alternative forms

• göuwe, gou, geu, gäw

Etymology

From Old High German gawi, gouwi, from Proto-Germanic *gawją (compare Low German Gohe, Dutch gouw, West Frisian gea, goa), from earlier *gaawja (“riverlands, lakeside land”), from collective *ga- + *awjō (“land by a waterway”) (compare German Aue).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡøy/

Noun

göu n

1. shire, district

Declension

Declension of göu

	singular	plural
nominative	göu	göu
accusative	göu	göu
genitive	göuwes	göuwe
dative	göuwe	göuwen

Descendants

• German: Gau

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “göu”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎^[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel