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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gōdī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gōdį̄; equivalent to *gōd + *-ī.[1]
Noun
*gōdī f
- goodness, beneficence
- Synonym: *gōdnassī
Inflection
| īn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gōdī | |
| Genitive | *gōdīn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gōdī | — |
| Accusative | *gōdīn | — |
| Genitive | *gōdīn | — |
| Dative | *gōdīn | — |
| Instrumental | *gōdīn | — |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: gōdī, guodī
- Middle Low German: gôde, gö̂de, güde, gö̂te
- Old Dutch: guodi
- Middle Dutch: goede
- (Dutch: goede, goeie)
- Middle Dutch: goede
- Old High German: guotī, guatī, guodī, guoitī, kuotī; chuotī
- Middle High German: giute, güete, güöte, guͤte, guͤti
- Alemannic German: Gieti, Güeti
- Central Franconian: Jöt, Jöde
- Hunsrik: Gied
- Cimbrian: güute
- German: Güte
- Rhine Franconian:
- Hessian: Gied, Giede
- Palatine German: Giet, Giete
- Middle High German: giute, güete, güöte, guͤte, guͤti
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*gōdīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 138