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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaidu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaidwą.
Noun
*gaidu n[1]
- lack, shortage
- want, need
Inflection
Neuter wa-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *gaidu | *gaidu |
Accusative | *gaidu | *gaidu |
Genitive | *gaidwas | *gaidwō |
Dative | *gaidwē | *gaidum |
Instrumental | *gaidu | *gaidum |
Descendants
- Old English: gād, gǣd
- Old Frisian: gād
- Old Saxon: gēdia, gēdea
- Old High German: *gaidu
- → Latin: fārigaidus (< fara (“descendents”) + *-gaidu (“lack”))
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *gaidu, *gaidwa-”