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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganhuz

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

Possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (to stride, step),[1][2] but Kroonen rejects this derivation and treats the root as having no known etymology, also rejecting connections with Lithuanian guvus (agile, quick).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ̃ː.xuz/

Adjective

*ganhuz

  1. fast, quick

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *ganhwiþō

Descendants

Presumably the Old High German form was remodeled as a ja-stem.

  • Old Frisian: (in gālik)
    • North Frisian: gau
    • Saterland Frisian: gau
    • West Frisian: gau
  • Old Saxon: *gāh (in derivatives: gāhun, gāhlīko)
    • Middle Low German: gahens, gahes, gās
  • Old Dutch:
    • Middle Dutch: ga
  • Old High German: gāhi; gāhes (adverb)
  • Gothic: *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis)
    • Old Occitan: gai
      • Old French: gai
        • Middle French: gai
        • Middle English: gay

References

  1. Marlies Philippa et al., eds., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, A-Z, s.v. “gauw” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009): .
  2. Louis Guinet, Les emprunts gallo-romans au germanique (Paris: Klincksieck, 1982).
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ganhu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167f.
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