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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gafehō

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

Compare *gafehan (“to rejoice”).

Noun

*gafehō m[1]

  1. joy, gladness

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *gafehō
Genitive *gafehini, *gafehan
Singular Plural
Nominative *gafehō *gafehan
Accusative *gafehan *gafehan
Genitive *gafehini, *gafehan *gafehanō
Dative *gafehini, *gafehan *gafehum
Instrumental *gafehini, *gafehan *gafehum

Descendants
  • Old English: ġefēa
  • Old High German: gifeho

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 316: “PWGmc *gafehō”
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