Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gudą

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one); libated, poured as part of a liquid offering”), perhaps via the earlier meaning of “ idol” or “spirit immanent in a burial mound”.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    *gudą n

    1. god, deity
      Synonyms: *ansuz, *tīwaz

    Inflection

    neuter a-stemDeclension of *gudą (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *gudą *gudō
    vocative *gudą *gudō
    accusative *gudą *gudō
    genitive *gudas, *gudis *gudǫ̂
    dative *gudai *gudamaz
    instrumental *gudō *gudamiz

    Reconstruction notes

    The word was originally neuter, but with the spread of Christianity it eventually became masculine when referring to the Christian god.

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    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
    • Heinrich Meidinger, Vergleichendes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen Mundarten, 1833], page 159
    • Fick, August (1909) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, volume III, bearbeitet von Adalbert Bezzenberger, Hjalmar Falk, August Fick, Whitley Stokes, Alf Torp, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 136
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