Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gat

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gatą.

Noun

*gat n^[1]

hole, opening

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gat
Genitive	*gatas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gat	*gatu
Accusative	*gat	*gatu
Genitive	*gatas	*gatō
Dative	*gatē	*gatum
Instrumental	*gatu	*gatum

Descendants

Old English: gat, gæt, ġeat
- Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate
  - English: gate; yate (dialectal)
    - → Irish: geata
    - → Scottish Gaelic: geata
    - → Dutch: gate
    - → German: Gate
    - → Fiji Hindi: geet
  - Scots: ȝet, ȝett, yet, yett
Old Frisian: gat, jet
- Saterland Frisian: Gat
- West Frisian: gat
Old Saxon: gat
- Middle Low German: gat
  - German Low German: Gatt
  - Low German: gat
  - → German: Gatt, Gat
  - → Danish: gat
  - → Swedish: gatt
Old Dutch: *gat
- Middle Dutch: gat
  - Dutch: gat
    - Afrikaans: gat

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 217: “*gat”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 217: “*gat”

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