Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ganut

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

From *gans (“goose”) +‎ *-ut (animal suffix).[1]

Noun

*ganut m

  1. gander

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ganut
Genitive *ganutas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ganut *ganutō, *ganutōs
Accusative *ganut *ganutā
Genitive *ganutas *ganutō
Dative *ganutē *ganutum
Instrumental *ganutu *ganutum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ganit, *ganat

Derived terms

  • *ganutijō
    • Old Saxon: *ganutio, *genitio
    • Old High German: ganazzo, ganzo

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ganuta(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
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