Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gadô

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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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (to join, unite).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

*gadô m

  1. associate, partner, comrade, companion

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *gagadô
    • Proto-West Germanic: *gagadō

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gadojan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162/163:*gada-
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ghedh-, ghodh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 423-424