Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gad

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Germanic *gadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.[1]

    Noun

    *gad m

    1. A union, assembly, joining, fellowship
    Inflection
    Masculine a-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *gad(a)
    Genitive *gadas
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *gad(a) *gadōs
    Accusative *gad(a) *gadā
    Genitive *gadas *gadō
    Dative *gadē *gadum
    Instrumental *gadu *gadum
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Old English: gæd

    Etymology 2

    See above.

    Adjective

    *gad

    1. suitable
    Declension
    a-stem
    Singular Masculine
    Nominative *gad
    Genitive *gadas
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative *gad *gadu *gad
    Accusative *gadanā *gadā *gad
    Genitive *gadas *gadeʀā *gadas
    Dative *gadumē *gadeʀē *gadumē
    Instrumental *gadu *gadeʀu *gadu
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative *gadē *gadō *gadu
    Accusative *gadā *gadā *gadu
    Genitive *gadeʀō *gadeʀō *gadeʀō
    Dative *gadēm, *gadum *gadēm, *gadum *gadēm, *gadum
    Instrumental *gadēm, *gadum *gadēm, *gadum *gadēm, *gadum
    Descendants
    • ⇒ Old High German: gigat (“suitable”)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gadojan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162/163: “*gada-”
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