Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gadô

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (to join, unite).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.ðɔːː/

Noun

*gadô m

  1. associate, partner, comrade, companion

Inflection

Declension of *gadô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gadô *gadaniz
vocative *gadô *gadaniz
accusative *gadanų *gadanunz
genitive *gadiniz *gadanǫ̂
dative *gadini *gadammaz
instrumental *gadinē *gadammiz

Derived terms

  • *gagadô
    • Proto-West Germanic: *gagadō

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gadō
    • Old English: gada
    • Old Frisian: gada
      • North Frisian: gaade, gåde
      • West Frisian: geade
    • Old Saxon: *gado
    • Old Dutch: *gado
    • Old High German: *gato

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gadojan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162/163:*gada-
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ghedh-, ghodh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 423-424