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.

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. 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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑu̯.tɑz/

*gautaz m

1. a heiti for Odin
2. a Geat

• 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
• Gothic:
  • → Latin: Gapt
• → Ancient Greek: Γοῦται pl (Goûtai), Γαῦτοι pl (Gaûtoi)
• → Latin: Gautae pl, Gautigothi pl