Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gait

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

From Proto-Germanic *gaits.

Noun

*gait f

goat

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gait
Genitive	*gaiti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gait	*gaiti
Accusative	*gaitu	*gaiti
Genitive	*gaiti	*gaitō
Dative	*gaiti	*gaitum
Instrumental	*gaiti	*gaitum

Descendants

Old English: gāt
- Middle English: gote, got, gat, goot, goet, goth
  - English: goat
    - → Abenaki: kots (from "goats")
    - → Rotokas: goti
  - Scots: gait, gayt
Old Frisian: *gāt, *gēt
- East Frisian:
  - → Low German: Jitt (dialectal)
- North Frisian: giet
- West Frisian: geit
Old Saxon: gēt
- Middle Low German: gete, geite
Old Dutch: *geit
- Middle Dutch: geit
  - Dutch: geit
    - Afrikaans: geit
Old High German: geiz
- Middle High German: geiz
  - Alemannic German: Geiss
  - Bavarian: Goaß
  - German: Geiß
  - Luxembourgish: Geess