Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gatą

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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

Kroonen derives the word from Pre-Germanic *gʰodom, itself from *getaną (“to find a way; to get”), and rejects connections to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed- (“to defecate”) (whence Sanskrit हदति (hádati, “idem”)).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*gatą n

  1. hole, opening, passage

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *gatą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gatą *gatō
vocative *gatą *gatō
accusative *gatą *gatō
genitive *gatas, *gatis *gatǫ̂
dative *gatai *gatamaz
instrumental *gatō *gatamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gata-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
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