Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gasinþaskapi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *gasinþ +‎ *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô (“companion”).

Noun

*gasinþaskapi m[1]

  1. following, fellowship

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *gasinþaskapi
Genitive *gasinþaskapī
Singular Plural
Nominative *gasinþaskapi *gasinþaskapī
Accusative *gasinþaskapi *gasinþaskapī
Genitive *gasinþaskapī *gasinþaskappjō
Dative *gasinþaskapī *gasinþaskapim, *gasinþaskappjum
Instrumental *gasinþaskapī *gasinþaskapim, *gasinþaskappjum

Descendants

  • Old English: ġesīþsċipe
  • Old Saxon: gisīthskepi
  • Old High German: gisindscaf

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 132: “PWGmc *gasinþaskapi”
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