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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gafadurjō
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *ga- (“co-”) + *fadurjō (“paternal uncle”). Compare Latin compater (“first cousin, godfather”).
Noun
*gafadurjō m
- (paternal) uncle
- godfather
Inflection
Masculine an-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *gafadurjō | |
Genitive | *gafadurjini | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *gafadurjō | *gafadurjan |
Accusative | *gafadurjan | *gafadurjan |
Genitive | *gafadurjini | *gafadurjanō |
Dative | *gafadurjini | *gafadurjum |
Instrumental | *gafadurjini | *gafadurjum |
Descendants
- Old English: ġefædera
- Old Saxon: *gifadero
- Middle Low German: gevaddere, gevādere, geveddere, gevedder
- Low German: Gevadder, Vadder
- → German: Vadder
- Low German: Gevadder, Vadder
- Middle Low German: gevaddere, gevādere, geveddere, gevedder
- Old Dutch: *gefadero
- Middle Dutch: gevādere
- Dutch: gevader
- Middle Dutch: gevādere
- Old High German: gifatero, gevatero; gifatera
- Middle High German: gevatere, gevater
- German: Gevatter m or f, Vatter
- Middle High German: gevatere, gevater