Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gahaitą

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

From *ga- +‎ *haitą.

Noun

*gahaitą n

1. pledge, vow, promise

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *gahaitą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gahaitą	*gahaitō
vocative	*gahaitą	*gahaitō
accusative	*gahaitą	*gahaitō
genitive	*gahaitas, *gahaitis	*gahaitǫ̂
dative	*gahaitai	*gahaitamaz
instrumental	*gahaitō	*gahaitamiz

Related terms

• *gahaitaną

Descendants

In Continental West Germanic it was masculine, but there seems to have existed a neuter ja-stem variant (*gahaitiją).

• Proto-West Germanic: *gahait
  • Old English: ġehāt
    • Middle English: hat, hot, hote
  • Old Saxon: *gihēt
    • (Middle Low German: gehête, geheite)
      • (German Low German: Geheet)
  • Old Dutch: giheit, gihēt m
    • Middle Dutch: geheet n
      • Dutch: geheet n (obsolete)
  • Old High German: giheiz m
    • Middle High German: geheiz m
      • (German: Geheiß n < MHG geheize n)
• >? Old Norse: heit
  • Icelandic: heit
  • Faroese: heit
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 (gahait)