Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gautaz

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

The theonym (“heiti of Odin”) is likely derived from the third-person singular past tense *gaut of the Proto-Germanic verb *geutaną (“to pour”), thus making also the mythical ancestor *Gautaz (“he who has poured (out libations)”), while the ethnonym was derived from this meaning (or vice versa). It is directly related to *gudą (“god”), *gudjô (“priest”), and *gutô (“Goth”), all being descended from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Vedic Sanskrit होतृ (hótṛ, “priest (hotr), sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑu̯.tɑz/

Noun

*gautaz m

1. a heiti for Odin
2. a Geat

Inflection

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *Gaut
  • Old English: Gēat
    • → English: Geat
• Old Norse: gautar pl; Gautr
  • Icelandic: Gautur, Gauti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gaut
  • Old Swedish: gø̄tar pl
    • Swedish: göt
• → Ancient Greek: Γοῦται pl (Goûtai), Γαῦτοι pl (Gaûtoi)
• → Latin: Gautae pl, Gautigothi pl