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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *ga- + *haitą.
Noun
*gahaitą n
- pledge, vow, promise
Inflection
Declension of *gahaitą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*gahaitą
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*gahaitō
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| vocative
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*gahaitą
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*gahaitō
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| accusative
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*gahaitą
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*gahaitō
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| genitive
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*gahaitas, *gahaitis
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*gahaitǫ̂
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| dative
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*gahaitai
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*gahaitamaz
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| instrumental
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*gahaitō
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*gahaitamiz
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Descendants
In Continental West Germanic it was masculine, but there seems to have existed a neuter ja-stem variant (*gahaitiją).
- Proto-West Germanic: *gahait
- Old English: ġehāt
- Old Saxon: *gihēt
- (Middle Low German: gehête, geheite)
- (German Low German: Geheet)
- Old Dutch: giheit, gihēt m
- Old High German: giheiz m
- Middle High German: geheiz m
- (German: Geheiß n < MHG geheize n)
- >? Old Norse: heit
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 (gahait)