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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gudjô

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 *gudą (god; deity) + *-jô.

Noun

*gudjô m [1]

  1. (pagan) priest (responsible for sacrifices and temple custodian)

Inflection


Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*guda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 193
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