Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gandaz

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to beat, to slay”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɣɑn.dɑz/

Noun

*gandaz m(North Germanic)

  1. a witch's familiar; evil, foul spirit

Inflection

Declension of *gandaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gandaz *gandōz, *gandōs
vocative *gand *gandōz, *gandōs
accusative *gandą *gandanz
genitive *gandas, *gandis *gandǫ̂
dative *gandai *gandamaz
instrumental *gandō *gandamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-Norse: *ᚷᚨᚾᛞᚨᛉ (*gandaʀ)
    • ⇒ Proto-Norse: ᚢᚾᚷᚨᚾᛞᛁᛉ (ungandiʀ, “unsorcered, not bewitched”)
    • Old Norse: gandr
      • Icelandic: gandur (“a riding animal; (archaic) a wolf, a dangerous beast; a magic staff”)
      • Faroese: gandur (“black magic”)
      •  → Latin: gandus
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