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
Genitive *gadas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gad *gadō, *gadōs
Accusative *gad *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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