Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gamunþī

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gamunþiją.

Noun

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*gamunþī n[1]

  1. mouth (of a river)

Inflection

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Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *gamunþī
Genitive *gamunþijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gamunþī *gamunþiju
Accusative *gamunþī *gamunþiju
Genitive *gamunþijas *gamunþijō
Dative *gamunþijē *gamunþijum
Instrumental *gamunþiju *gamunþijum

Descendants

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  • Old English: ġemȳþe, ġemȳþ
  • Old Saxon: gimūthi
  • Old Dutch: *gimundi (attested in place names)
  • Old High German: gimundi

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225:PWGmc *gamunþī