Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gamunþī

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 *gamunþiją.

Noun

*gamunþī n[1]

mouth (of a river)

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gamunþī
Genitive	*gamunþijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gamunþī	*gamunþiju
Accusative	*gamunþī	*gamunþiju
Genitive	*gamunþijas	*gamunþijō
Dative	*gamunþijē	*gamunþijum
Instrumental	*gamunþiju	*gamunþijum

Descendants

Old English: ġemȳþe
Old Saxon: gimūthi
Old Dutch: *gimundi (attested in place names)
Old High German: gimundi

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “PWGmc *gamunþī”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “PWGmc *gamunþī”