Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gamunþī
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *gamunþiją.
Noun
[edit]*gamunþī n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gamunþī | |
| Genitive | *gamunþijas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gamunþī | *gamunþiju |
| Accusative | *gamunþī | *gamunþiju |
| Genitive | *gamunþijas | *gamunþijō |
| Dative | *gamunþijē | *gamunþijum |
| Instrumental | *gamunþiju | *gamunþijum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: ġemȳþe, ġemȳþ
- Old Saxon: gimūthi
- Old Dutch: *gimundi (attested in place names)
- Old High German: gimundi
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “PWGmc *gamunþī”