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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gauwjamann

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 *gawi (“shire”) +‎ *mann (“man”).

Noun

*gauwjamann m

  1. small freeholder, yeoman, villager

Inflection
Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *gauwjamann
Genitive *gauwjamanni
Singular Plural
Nominative *gauwjamann *gauwjamanni
Accusative *gauwjamannu *gauwjamanni
Genitive *gauwjamanni *gauwjamannō
Dative *gauwjamanni *gauwjamannum
Instrumental *gauwjamanni *gauwjamannum

Descendants
  • Old English: *ġēamann
    • Middle English: ȝeman, yeman, yoman
  • Old Frisian: gāmann, gāmonn
  • Old Dutch: *gawiman

References
  1. Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “GOD”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
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