Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Gaizarīks

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

From *gaizaz (“spear”) +‎ *rīks (“king, ruler”). Cognate with Celtic Gaesorix.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡai.za.riːks/

Proper noun

*Gaizarīks m

  1. a male given name

Inflection

Declension of *Gaizarīks (consonant stem)
singular
nominative *Gaizarīks
vocative *Gaizarīk
accusative *Gaizarīkų
genitive *Gaizarīkiz
dative *Gaizarīki
instrumental *Gaizarīkē

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *Gaiʀarīk
    • Old English: *Gārrīċ
    • Old High German: Gisric
      • German: Geiserich
  • Vandalic: *Gaisarīx
  • Old Norse: Geirrekr
    • Icelandic: Geirrekur
    • Norwegian: Geirrek

References

  1. ^ Koch, John T., Celto-Germanic Later Prehistory and Post-Proto-Indo-European vocabulary in the North and West
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