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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaumaz

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

Kroonen reconstructs this word from earlier *gaugmaz (compare *draumaz), and connects it with Sanskrit गूहति (gūhati, “to hide”) (with analogical -ū-), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰewǵʰ-, *gʷʰewǵʰ-, assuming the original meaning was "to heed, guard".[1]

Alternatively, Mayrhofer connects this word with Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas (“noise, sound”) (whence Persian گوش (gôš, “ear”) and Sanskrit घुष् (ghuṣ, “sound”)), assuming an original form of Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾ʰew- (“to perceive”) from which both roots derive.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*gaumaz m

  1. heed, attention

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *gaumaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gaumaz *gaumōz, *gaumōs
vocative *gaum *gaumōz, *gaumōs
accusative *gaumą *gaumanz
genitive *gaumas, *gaumis *gaumǫ̂
dative *gaumai *gaumamaz
instrumental *gaumō *gaumamiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *gaum
    • Old Saxon: *gōm
    • Old Dutch: *gōm
    • Old High German: *goum m; goum f
  • Old Norse: gaumr

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 518-9
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