Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fogāt

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

Borrowed from Late Latin vocātus.

Noun

*fogāt m

1. steward

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fogāt
Genitive	*fogātas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fogāt	*fogātō, *fogātōs
Accusative	*fogāt	*fogātā
Genitive	*fogātas	*fogātō
Dative	*fogātē	*fogātum
Instrumental	*fogātu	*fogātum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: fogid, foged, fogeth, foud
  • West Frisian: fad
  • North Frisian: vaget, voget, fagt
• Old Saxon: fogat
  • Middle Low German: vôget, voget, vöget, vogt, vocht, vâget, vaget, vagt, voyt, voit, voyet
    • German Low German: Fuaget
    • → Old Norse: fogutr, fogutr
      • Danish: foged
      • Icelandic: foguti
      • Norwegian: fogd
      • Old Swedish: fohgdhe, foghate, foghat, foghadhe, foghote
        • Swedish: fogde
        • → Finnish: vouti
• Old Dutch: *fogat
  • Middle Dutch: vôget, voocht
    • Dutch: voogd
      • Afrikaans: voog
    • →? Middle English: vokett, voket, vokat
• Old High German: fogat, fogāt
  • Middle High German: voget, foget, vogt, fogt, vougt, fougt, voit, foit, vout, fout
    • German: Vogt
      • → English: Vogt