Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/getaną

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 *gʰe(n)d- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Latin prehendō (“snatch, seize”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣe.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*getaną

1. to find or make a way
2. to attain, acquire, get, receive, hold

Inflection

Derived terms

• *bigetaną
• *gitisōną/*gitsijaną
• *gitiskōną
• *getalaz, *getulaz
• *gētiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *getan
  • Old English: ġetan, ġietan
    • Middle English: ȝeten, yeten
      • English: yet, ewte (dialectal), yete (obsolete)
      • Scots: ȝet, yet, yat
      • ⇒ English: yote (via past participle yoten) (dialectal)
  • Old Frisian: *jeta
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: urjeta
  • Old High German: gezan, gezzan
    • Middle High German: gezzen
• Old Norse: geta
  • Icelandic: geta
  • Faroese: gita
  • Norn: geta
  • Norwegian: gjete, gjeta
  • Old Swedish: gæta, gita
    • Swedish: gitta
  • Old Danish: getæ, gitæ
    • Danish: gide
  • Scanian: gida, gæda
  • Gutnish: gitte, gytte, gita
  • Dalecarlian: gjäta (“to say, tell”); gjätå, djätå (“to guess”)
    • Elfdalian: djätå, dşieta (“to guess”)
  • → Middle English: geten
    • Scots: get
    • English: get