Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gatwǭ

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 Pre-Germanic *gʰodweh₂, from the same root as *getaną (“to find a way, get”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑt.wɔ̃ː/

Noun

*gatwǭ f

street, passage

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *gatwǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gatwǭ	*gatwōniz
vocative	*gatwǭ	*gatwōniz
accusative	*gatwōnų	*gatwōnunz
genitive	*gatwōniz	*gatwōnǫ̂
dative	*gatwōni	*gatwōmaz
instrumental	*gatwōnē	*gatwōmiz

Related terms

*gatą

Descendants

Old Frisian:
- West Frisian: jat
Old High German: gazza
- Middle High German: gazze
  - Central Franconian: Jass, Jaas; Gass; Gaß
  - German: Gasse
  - Luxembourgish: Gaass
  - Yiddish: גאַס‎ (gas)
  - → Middle Dutch: gasse
    - Dutch: gas
  - → Plautdietsch: Gauss
  - → Slovene: gȃsa
Old Norse: gata
- Icelandic: gata
- Faroese: gøta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gate, gote, gotu; (dialectal) gutu, goto, gatu, gato
- Old Swedish: gata
  - Swedish: gata
  - → Finnish: katu
- Old Danish: gatæ
  - Danish: gade
    - Norwegian Bokmål: gate
- Westrobothnian: gǫtu, gatu
- → Middle English: gate
  - Scots: gate
  - English: gait, gate
- → Lithuanian: gatvė
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉 (gatwō)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170-171

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170-171