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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gad
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *gadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.[1]
Noun
*gad m
- A union, assembly, joining, fellowship
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *gad | |
Genitive | *gadas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *gad | *gadō, *gadōs |
Accusative | *gad | *gadā |
Genitive | *gadas | *gadō |
Dative | *gadē | *gadum |
Instrumental | *gadu | *gadum |
Derived terms
- *gadōn
Descendants
- Old English: gæd
Etymology 2
See above.
Inflection
*gad
- suitable
Declension
a-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *gad | ||
Genitive | *gadas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *gad | *gadu | *gad |
Accusative | *gadanā | *gadā | *gad |
Genitive | *gadas | *gadeʀā | *gadas |
Dative | *gadumē | *gadeʀē | *gadumē |
Instrumental | *gadu | *gadeʀu | *gadu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *gadē | *gadō | *gadu |
Accusative | *gadā | *gadā | *gadu |
Genitive | *gadeʀō | *gadeʀō | *gadeʀō |
Dative | *gadēm, *gadum | *gadēm, *gadum | *gadēm, *gadum |
Instrumental | *gadēm, *gadum | *gadēm, *gadum | *gadēm, *gadum |
Descendants
- ⇒ Old High German: gigat (“suitable”)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gadojan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162/163: “*gada-”