Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gait

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 *gaits.

Noun

*gait f

goat

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gait
Genitive	*gaiti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gait	*gaiti
Accusative	*gaitu	*gaiti
Genitive	*gaiti	*gaitō
Dative	*gaiti	*gaitum
Instrumental	*gaiti	*gaitum

Derived terms

*gaitīn

Descendants

Old English: gāt
- Middle English: got, gat, gathe, goth, goet, gote, gothe, goot (Late Middle English)
  - English: goat (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: gait, gayt
  - Yola: geearth, geearte, gurth
Old Frisian: *gāt, *gēt
- North Frisian: giet
- Saterland Frisian: Geet
  - → German Low German: Jitt (dialectal)
- West Frisian: geit
Old Saxon: gēt
- Middle Low German: gete, geite
→ Walloon: gade
Old Dutch: *geit
- Middle Dutch: geit
  - Dutch: geit
    - Afrikaans: geit
  - Limburgish: geit
Old High German: geiȥ
- Middle High German: geiȥ
  - Alemannic German: Geiss
  - Bavarian: Goaß
    Cimbrian: goaz, gòas (Sette Comuni)
    
    Mòcheno: goas
  - German: Geiß
  - Luxembourgish: Geess

Etymology 2

Possibly from the above, compare Dutch geitenmelker.

Noun

*gait f

thrush

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gait
Genitive	*gaiti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gait	*gaiti
Accusative	*gaitu	*gaiti
Genitive	*gaiti	*gaitō
Dative	*gaiti	*gaitum
Instrumental	*gaiti	*gaitum

Derived terms

*gaitling

Descendants

Old Saxon: *gēt
- ⇒ Old Saxon: gētfugol
Old Frisian: *gēt
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *gētel
  - Saterland Frisian: geitel