Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gutô

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

Perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Proto-Germanic *gautaz and Proto-Germanic *eutaz, related also to Gutnish, Gotland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣu.tɔːː/

Noun

*gutô m

1. a Gute, Gotlander
2. a Goth

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *gutô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gutô	*gutaniz
vocative	*gutô	*gutaniz
accusative	*gutanų	*gutanunz
genitive	*gutiniz	*gutanǫ̂
dative	*gutini	*gutammaz
instrumental	*gutinē	*gutammiz

Derived terms

• *gutaniskaz (“Gutnish, Gothic”)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gotō
  • Old English: Gota, Guta
    • Middle English: Gothes, Gotes (pl.)
      • English: Goth (influenced by Latin Gothus)
    • → Irish: Gotach
  • Middle High German: goten (pl.)
    • German: Gote (borrowed from English?)
  • → Latin: Gotones, Gothones (Tacitus)
• Old Norse: goti
  • Icelandic: Goti
  • Faroese: goti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gote
  • Old Swedish: guti (pl. gutar, gotar)
    • Swedish: gute, got (in Gotland)
  • Danish: guter pl, gote, goter
    • Norwegian Bokmål: goter
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: gotar
  • Old Gutnish: gutar pl
  • → Finnish: gootti
• Gothic: *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta) (in 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (gutþiuda)), ᚷᚢᛏᚨᚾᛁ (gutanī, gen.pl.)
  • → Ancient Greek: *Γοῦθθος (*Goûththos) (as gen. pl. Γούθθων), Γύθωες (Gúthōes) (Ptolemy), Γότθος (Gótthos)
    • → Chinese: 哥特人 (gētèrén)
    • → Latin: gotus, gothus
      • Catalan: got
      • Middle French: Got
        • French: Goth
      • Portuguese: godo
      • Spanish: godo
    • → Parthian: Gut
    • → Russian: гот (got)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: Gȍt, Го̏т

• → Ancient Greek: Γούτωνες (Goútōnes) (Strabo)
• → Latin: Gutones (Pliny the Elder, recording the account of Pytheas of Massalia)