gaut

See also: Gaut, Gäut, and gå ut

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse gautr (“Geat”), from Proto-Germanic *gautaz. Cognate with the Swedish name element göt.

Noun

gaut m (definite singular gauten, indefinite plural gautar, definite plural gautane)

  1. (chiefly historical) Geat

Derived terms

  • Gautborg
  • Gautland

Male given names:

  • Agaut, Agaute
  • Algaut, Algaute
  • Almgaut
  • Alvgaut
  • Audgaut
  • Gaut
  • Gautan
  • Gautar
  • Gaute
  • Gautmar
  • Gautolv, Gautulv
  • Gautrek, Gautrik
  • Gautråd
  • Gautstav
  • Gautvid
  • Hergaut
  • Holmgaut
  • Siggaut
  • Tjodgaut
  • Torgaut
  • Valgaut
  • Vestgaute
  • Vidgaut
  • Øygaute
  • Åsgaut

Female given names:

  • Gauthild

References

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *walþu.[1] Cognate with English wold and weald.

Noun

gaut oblique singular, f (oblique plural gauz or gautz, nominative singular gaut, nominative plural gauz or gautz)

  1. forest, woods, woodland

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “wald”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 486
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