gaut

See also: Gaut, Gäut, and gå ut

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse gautr (“Geat”), from Proto-Germanic *gautaz. Cognate with the Swedish name element göt.

Noun

gaut m (definite singular gauten, indefinite plural gautar, definite plural gautane)

  1. (chiefly historical) Geat

Derived terms
  • Gautborg
  • Gautland

Male given names:

  • Agaut, Agaute
  • Algaut, Algaute
  • Almgaut
  • Alvgaut
  • Audgaut
  • Gaut
  • Gautan
  • Gautar
  • Gaute
  • Gautmar
  • Gautolv, Gautulv
  • Gautrek, Gautrik
  • Gautråd
  • Gautstav
  • Gautvid
  • Hergaut
  • Holmgaut
  • Siggaut
  • Tjodgaut
  • Torgaut
  • Valgaut
  • Vestgaute
  • Vidgaut
  • Øygaute
  • Åsgaut

Female given names:

  • Gauthild

References

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *walþu.[1] Cognate with English wold and weald.

Noun

gaut oblique singular, f (oblique plural gauz or gautz, nominative singular gaut, nominative plural gauz or gautz)

  1. forest, woods, woodland

Derived terms

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “wald”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 486
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