Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gumō

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 *gumô.

Noun

*gumō m[1]

man

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gumō
Genitive	gumini, guman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gumō	*guman
Accusative	*guman	*guman
Genitive	gumini, guman	*gumanō
Dative	gumini, guman	*gumum
Instrumental	gumini, guman	*gumum

Descendants

Old English: guma
- Middle English: gome, gom, gomme, gone, goom, goome, gume
  - English: gome
  - Scots: gome
Old Frisian: goma
Old Saxon: gumo, gomo
Old Dutch: *gomo
- Middle Dutch: gome
Old High German: gomo
- Middle High German: gome

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*gumō”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*gumō”