Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gad

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *gadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

Noun

*gad m

1. A union, assembly, joining, fellowship

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gad
Genitive	*gadas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gad	*gadō, *gadōs
Accusative	*gad	*gadā
Genitive	*gadas	*gadō
Dative	*gadē	*gadum
Instrumental	*gadu	*gadum

Derived terms

• *gadōn

Descendants

• Old English: gæd

Etymology 2

See above.

Inflection

*gad

1. suitable

Declension

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*gad
Genitive	*gadas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gad	*gadu	*gad
Accusative	*gadanā	*gadā	*gad
Genitive	*gadas	*gadeʀā	*gadas
Dative	*gadumē	*gadeʀē	*gadumē
Instrumental	*gadu	*gadeʀu	*gadu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gadē	*gadō	*gadu
Accusative	*gadā	*gadā	*gadu
Genitive	*gadeʀō	*gadeʀō	*gadeʀō
Dative	*gadēm, *gadum	*gadēm, *gadum	*gadēm, *gadum
Instrumental	*gadēm, *gadum	*gadēm, *gadum	*gadēm, *gadum

Descendants

• ⇒ Old High German: gigat (“suitable”)