Reconstruction:Old Saxon/gifadero

This Old Saxon 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.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gafadurjō.

Noun

*gifadero m

1. godfather

Declension

*gifadero (masculine n-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*gifadero	*gifaderon, *gifaderun, *gifaderan
accusative	*gifaderon, *gifaderan	*gifaderon, *gifaderun, *gifaderan
genitive	*gifaderen, *gifaderan, *gifaderon	*gifaderono
dative	*gifaderen, *gifaderan, *gifaderon	*gifaderun, *gifaderon
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: gevaddere, gevādere, geveddere, gevedder
  • Low German: Gevadder, Vadder
    • → German: Vadder