*gamaną

Runic: ᚷᚨᛗᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɑ.mɑ.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

a fellow human, associate, companion
pleasure, enjoyment, joy
fun, amusement, game, sport

Etymology

Exact origin uncertain. Perhaps from *ga- + *mann-, but the stress is on the first syllable, whereas the prefix *ga- never bears stress. Alternatively:

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	gamaną	gamanō
Acc.	gamaną	gamanō
Gen.	gamanas, gamanis	gamanǫ̂
Dat.	gamanai	gamanamaz
Inst.	gamanō	gamanamiz
Voc.	gamaną	gamanō

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Descendants

*gaman (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gaman (Old Dutch)
  - game, gāme (Middle Dutch)
    - gemelijc (Middle Dutch)
      - gemelijk (Dutch)
*gaman (Proto-West Germanic)
- gamen, gomen (Old English)
  - game, gamen, gemen, gomen, gome, gammen, gaume, gamme, gamin, gomin, gomyn, gomun, gam, geme (Middle English)
    - game (English)
    - gemme, gem, gyem, game (Scots)
    - gaame, gaume, gaaume (Yola)
*gaman (Proto-West Germanic)
- game, gome (Old Frisian)
  - gammen (West Frisian)
*gaman (Proto-West Germanic)
- gaman (Old High German)
  - gamen, gamel, game (Middle High German)
    - Gammel (German)
*gaman (Proto-West Germanic)
- gaman (Old Saxon)
  - gamel (Middle Low German)
    - Gammel (German Low German)
gaman (Old Norse)
gems (Old Norse)
? (Old Norse)
- gaman (Faroese)
- gaman (Icelandic)
? (Old Norse)
- gaman, gama (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - gaman (Norwegian Bokmål)
? (Old Norse)
- gamen, gammæn, gaman (Old Danish)
  - gammen (Danish)
  - gammen (Norwegian Bokmål)
? (Old Norse)
- gaman, gamman, gammen (Old Swedish)
  - gamman (Swedish)
man (Old Norse)
- man (Icelandic)
𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽 (gaman) (Gothic)

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