Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gagadō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

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Noun

*gagadō m[1]

companion

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gagadō
Genitive	*gagadini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gagadō	*gagadan
Accusative	*gagadan	*gagadan
Genitive	*gagadini	*gagadanō
Dative	*gagadini	*gagadum
Instrumental	*gagadini	*gagadum

Descendants

Old English: ġegada
Old Saxon: gigado
Old Dutch: *gigado
- Middle Dutch: gegāde
Old High German: gigato

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *gagadō”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *gagadō”