Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganautaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganautaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *ga- +‎ *nautaz, *nautą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑ.ˈnɑu̯.tɑz/

Noun

*ganautaz m

1. associate, companion, comrade
2. follower

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *ganautaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ganautaz	*ganautōz, *ganautōs
vocative	*ganaut	*ganautōz, *ganautōs
accusative	*ganautą	*ganautanz
genitive	*ganautas, *ganautis	*ganautǫ̂
dative	*ganautai	*ganautamaz
instrumental	*ganautō	*ganautamiz

Related terms

• *nautą
• *neutaną

Descendants

• Old English: ġenēat
  • Middle English: net, niet
  • → English: geneat
  • → Medieval Latin: neatus
• Old Frisian: nāt
• Old Saxon: ginōt, genōt
  • Middle Low German: genôt, genôte
    • German Low German: Genoot
• Old Dutch: genōt
  • Middle Dutch: genoot
    • Dutch: genoot
    • → West Frisian: genoat
• Old High German: ginōz, ginōzo
  • Middle High German: genōz, genōze
    • German: Genoß, Genosse
• Old Norse: nautr
  • Icelandic: nautur