göu

See also: gou, gòu, gōu, gǒu, and Gǒu

Middle High German
FWOTD – 31 March 2017

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German gawi, gouwi, from Proto-Germanic *gawją (compare Low German Gohe, Dutch gouw, West Frisian gea, goa), from earlier *gaawja (“riverlands, lakeside land”), from collective *ga- + *awjō (“land by a waterway”) (compare German Aue).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡøy/

Noun

göu n

  1. shire, district

Declension
Declension of göu
Case \ Number singular plural
nominative göu göu
accusative göu göu
genitive göuwes göuwe
dative göuwe göuwen

Descendants

References
  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “göu”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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