Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaizô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”).

Noun

*gaizô m

a wedge-shaped piece

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *gaizô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gaizô	*gaizaniz
vocative	*gaizô	*gaizaniz
accusative	*gaizanų	*gaizanunz
genitive	*gaiziniz	*gaizanǫ̂
dative	*gaizini	*gaizammaz
instrumental	*gaizinē	*gaizammiz

Related terms

*gaizaz

Descendants

Old English: gāra
Middle English: gore, gare
- English: gore
- Scots: gair
Old Frisian: gare
Old Saxon: gēro
- Middle Low German: gēre
Old High German: gēro, kēro
Old Norse: geiri
- Icelandic: geiri
- Faroese: geiri
- Swedish: gere
- Middle Danish: gere
  - Danish: gere

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