Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gudjô

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

From *gudą (“god; deity”) +‎ *-jô. May also be an agent noun to *geutaną (“to pour”), with influence on the consonant from *gudą.

Noun

*gudjô m[1]

  1. one who invokes; a (pagan) priest (responsible for sacrifices and temple custodian)

Inflection

Declension of *gudjô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gudjô *gudjaniz
vocative *gudjô *gudjaniz
accusative *gudjanų *gudjanunz
genitive *gudjiniz *gudjanǫ̂
dative *gudjini *gudjammaz
instrumental *gudjinē *gudjammiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Old English: Gydda (personal name)
  • Proto-Norse: ᚷᚢᛞᛁᛃᚨ (gudija)
    • ⇒ Proto-Norse: *ᚷᚢᛞᛃᛟ (*gudjo /⁠gudjō⁠/, “priestess”) (< *gudjǭ)
      • Old Norse: gyðja
        • → Danish: gydje (learned)
        • → Norwegian: gydje (learned)
        • → English: gythja (learned)
        • → Swedish: gydja (learned)
    • Old Norse: goði
      • Icelandic: goði
      • → Faroese: goði (learned)
      • → Norwegian: gode (learned)
      • → Swedish: gode (learned)
      • → Danish: gode (learned)
      • → English: godi, gothi (learned)
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰 (gudja)

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

References

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