< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaidō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, hurl, fling; missile, projectile”). Cognate with Sanskrit हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑi̯.ðɔː/
Noun
*gaidō f
- prickle; point; ord
- Synonyms: *gazdaz, *gazdiz, *gazdijō
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *gaidō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *gaidō | *gaidôz | |
vocative | *gaidō | *gaidôz | |
accusative | *gaidǭ | *gaidōz | |
genitive | *gaidōz | *gaidǫ̂ | |
dative | *gaidōi | *gaidōmaz | |
instrumental | *gaidō | *gaidōmiz |
Descendants
- Old English: gād
- Middle English: gode, goode, goude, gwode
- English: goad
- Scots: gad, gade, gaid
- Middle English: gode, goode, goude, gwode
- Langobardic: *gaida
- Gothic: *𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (*gaida) (possibly in personal names)
- → Finnish: kaita (possibly, or loaned from a related term)