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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gatą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *gʰodom, derived from *getaną (“to find a way; to get”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.tɑ̃/
Noun
*gatą n
- hole, opening, passage
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *gatą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *gatą | *gatō | |
| vocative | *gatą | *gatō | |
| accusative | *gatą | *gatō | |
| genitive | *gatas, *gatis | *gatǫ̂ | |
| dative | *gatai | *gatamaz | |
| instrumental | *gatō | *gatamiz | |
Related terms
- *gatwǭ
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *gat
- Old English: gat, gæt, ġeat
- Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate
- English: gate; yate (dialectal)
- → Irish: geata
- → Scottish Gaelic: geata
- → Dutch: gate
- → German: Gate
- → Fiji Hindi: geet
- Scots: ȝet, ȝett, yet, yett
- English: gate; yate (dialectal)
- Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate
- Old Frisian: gat, jet
- Saterland Frisian: Gat
- West Frisian: gat
- Old Saxon: gat
- Middle Low German: gat
- German Low German: Gatt
- Low German: gat
- → German: Gatt, Gat
- → Danish: gat
- → Swedish: gatt
- Middle Low German: gat
- Old Dutch: *gat
- Middle Dutch: gat
- Dutch: gat
- Afrikaans: gat
- Dutch: gat
- Middle Dutch: gat
- Old English: gat, gæt, ġeat
- Old Norse: gat
- Icelandic: gat
- Faroese: gat
- Swedish: gat
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170