Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gadm

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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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Unknown, conceivably from the stem of *gadur (together),[1] with the rare suffix as in *bōsm, *butm, *āþm.

The semantic and formal match of African Arabic قَيْطُون (qayṭūn) must be a coincidence.[2]

Noun

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*gadm n or m[3]

  1. room, chamber

Inflection

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Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *gadm
Genitive *gadmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gadm *gadmu
Accusative *gadm *gadmu
Genitive *gadmas *gadmō
Dative *gadmē *gadmum
Instrumental *gadmu *gadmum
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *gadm
Genitive *gadmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gadm *gadmō, *gadmōs
Accusative *gadm *gadmā
Genitive *gadmas *gadmō
Dative *gadmē *gadmum
Instrumental *gadmu *gadmum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ So grouped in Fick, August (1909) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, volume III, bearbeitet von Adalbert Bezzenberger, Hjalmar Falk, August Fick, Whitley Stokes, Alf Torp, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 123
  2. ^ As that can’t be acquired in the fashion of a traded item like هَيْدُورة (haydūra) or كَرْزِيَّة (karziyya) via Andalusian Arabic (where the pattern KāLūm was replaced with KayLūM, thus having this outcome) in view of its Aramaic attestations and as one disavows Semitic substratum of Germanic possibly preserving a Punic cognate.
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