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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gudą
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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
Via Verner's law from earlier *guþóm, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós. Possibly from earlier "[libation made to an] idol" or "spirit immanent in a burial mound".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣu.ðɑ̃/
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *gudą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *gudą | *gudō | |
| vocative | *gudą | *gudō | |
| accusative | *gudą | *gudō | |
| genitive | *gudas, *gudis | *gudǫ̂ | |
| dative | *gudai | *gudamaz | |
| instrumental | *gudō | *gudamiz | |
Descendants
The word was originally neuter, but with the spread of Christianity it eventually became masculine when referring to the Christian god.
References
- Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
- Heinrich Meidinger, Vergleichendes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen Mundarten, 1833], page 159
- Fick, August (1909) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume III, bearbaited von Adalbert Bezzenberger, Hjalmar Falk, August Fick, Whitley Stokes, Alf Torp, 4th edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 136
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