Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gudafurhtaz
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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
From *gudą (“god”) + *furhtaz (“fearful, afraid”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*gudafurhtaz[1]
Inflection
Declension of *gudafurhtaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *gudafurhtaz | *gudafurhtai | *gudafurhtō | *gudafurhtôz | *gudafurhtą, *-at(ō) | *gudafurhtō |
| accusative | *gudafurhtanǭ | *gudafurhtanz | *gudafurhtǭ | *gudafurhtōz | *gudafurhtą, *-at(ō) | *gudafurhtō |
| genitive | *gudafurhtas, *gudafurhtis | *gudafurhtaizǫ̂ | *gudafurhtaizōz | *gudafurhtaizǫ̂ | *gudafurhtas, *gudafurhtis | *gudafurhtaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *gudafurhtammai | *gudafurhtaimaz | *gudafurhtaizōi | *gudafurhtaimaz | *gudafurhtammai | *gudafurhtaimaz |
| instrumental | *gudafurhtanō | *gudafurhtaimiz | *gudafurhtaizō | *gudafurhtaimiz | *gudafurhtanō | *gudafurhtaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *gudafurhtô | *gudafurhtaniz | *gudafurhtǭ | *gudafurhtōniz | *gudafurhtô | *gudafurhtōnō |
| accusative | *gudafurhtanų | *gudafurhtanunz | *gudafurhtōnų | *gudafurhtōnunz | *gudafurhtô | *gudafurhtōnō |
| genitive | *gudafurhtiniz | *gudafurhtanǫ̂ | *gudafurhtōniz | *gudafurhtōnǫ̂ | *gudafurhtiniz | *gudafurhtanǫ̂ |
| dative | *gudafurhtini | *gudafurhtammaz | *gudafurhtōni | *gudafurhtōmaz | *gudafurhtini | *gudafurhtammaz |
| instrumental | *gudafurhtinē | *gudafurhtammiz | *gudafurhtōnē | *gudafurhtōmiz | *gudafurhtinē | *gudafurhtammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *godafurht
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gudafaurhts)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*guda-furxtaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144