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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse gáta, cognate with Danish gåde.
Pronunciation
Noun
gáta f (genitive singular gátu, plural gátur)
- riddle
Declension
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gáta, cognate with Danish gåde.
Pronunciation
Noun
gáta f (genitive singular gátu, nominative plural gátur)
- riddle
Declension
Declension of gáta (feminine)
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
Cognate with Shetland Scots godek (“riddle”) and Orcadian Scots gaadie (“play with shadows”), with all these terms thought to be from a Germanic root related to Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find a way, attain”). Compare, in particular, Proto-Slavic *gādàti (“to guess”) and derivatives such as Polish zagadka (“riddle”), which may derive from the same root.[1]
Noun
gáta f (genitive gátu, plural gátur)
- riddle
Declension
Declension of gáta (weak ōn-stem)
Descendants
References
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “*gáta”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 158