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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gadô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, unite”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.ðɔːː/

Noun

*gadô m

  1. associate, partner, comrade, companion

Inflection
Declension of *gadô (an-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *gadô *gadaniz
Vocative *gadô *gadaniz
Accusative *gadanų *gadanunz
Genitive *gadiniz *gadanǫ̂
Dative *gadini *gadammaz
Instrumental *gadinē *gadammiz


Derived terms
  • *gagadô
    • Proto-West Germanic: *gagadō

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *gadō
    • Old English: gada
    • Old Frisian: gada
      • North Frisian: gaade, gåde
      • West Frisian: geade
    • Old Saxon: *gado
    • Old Dutch: *gado
    • Old High German: *gato

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gadojan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162/163: “*gada-”
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ghedh-, ghodh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 423-424
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