*gautaz

Runic: ᚷᚨᚢᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɑu̯.tɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. a heiti for Odin
  2. a Geat

Etymology

The theonym (‘heiti of Odin’) is likely derived from the third-person singular past tense *gaut of the Proto-Germanic verb *geutaną (‘to pour’), thus making also the mythical ancestor *Gautaz (‘he who has poured (out libations)’), while the ethnonym was derived from this meaning. It is directly related to *gudą (‘god’), *gudjô (‘priest’), and *gutô (‘Goth’), all being descended from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Vedic Sanskrit होतृ (hótṛ, ‘priest (hotr), sacrifice’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.gautazgautōz, gautōs
Acc.gautągautanz
Gen.gautas, gautisgautǫ̂
Dat.gautaigautamaz
Inst.gautōgautamiz
Voc.gautgautōz, gautōs

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Descendants

  • *Gaut (Proto-West Germanic)
    • Gēat (Old English)
      • Geat (English)
  • gautar (Old Norse)
    • Gautur, Gauti (Icelandic)
    • gaut (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • gautar (Old Norse)
    • gø̄tar (Old Swedish)
      • göt (Swedish)
  • Gautr (Old Norse)
    • Gautur, Gauti (Icelandic)
    • gaut (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • Gautr (Old Norse)
    • gø̄tar (Old Swedish)
      • göt (Swedish)
  • ? (Gothic)
    • Gapt (Latin)
  • Γοῦται (Goûtai) (Ancient Greek)
  • Γαῦτοι (Gaûtoi) (Ancient Greek)
  • Gautae (Latin)
  • Gautigothi (Latin)

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