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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaidu

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 Proto-Germanic *gaidwą.

Noun

*gaidu n[1]

  1. lack, shortage
  2. want, need

Inflection
Neuter wa-stem
Singular
Nominative *gaidu
Genitive *gaidwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gaidu *gaidu
Accusative *gaidu *gaidu
Genitive *gaidwas *gaidwō
Dative *gaidwē *gaidum
Instrumental *gaidu *gaidum

Descendants
  • Old English: gād, gǣd
  • Old Frisian: gād
  • Old Saxon: gēdia, gēdea
  • Old High German: *gaidu
    • → Latin: fārigaidus (< fara (“descendents”) +‎ *-gaidu (“lack”))

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *gaidu, *gaidwa-”
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