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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *gazdaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_gazdaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_ghast" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*ǵʰast-</orth>
          <def>rod, pole, bar, switch</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_lat_hasta" xml:lang="lat" type="cognate">
          <orth>hasta</orth>
          <def>shaft; spear</def>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_gazdaz" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gazdaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>gazdaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈɣɑz.dɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚷᚨᛉᛞᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">masculine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>goad; spike</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Compare Latin <mentioned xml:lang="lat" target="#cog_lat_hasta"><ref target="#cog_lat_hasta">hasta</ref></mentioned> (‘shaft; spear’). Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_ghast"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_ghast">*ǵʰast-</ref></mentioned> (‘rod, pole, bar, switch’), but, given the irregular phonetic variation and limited distribution, these are probably of non-Indo-European substrate origin.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>gazdaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>gazdōz, gazdōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>gazdą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>gazdanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>gazdas, gazdis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>gazdǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>gazdai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>gazdamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>gazdō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>gazdamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>gazd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>gazdōz, gazdōs</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*gaʀd</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*gard</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>gart, gāert</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>gard</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*gaʀd</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>ġeard</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>ȝearde, ȝard</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>yard</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>yaird</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*gaʀd</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old French</lang>
                    <orth>gart, garz, jars</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle French</lang>
                      <orth>gars, jars</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>French</lang>
                        <orth>jars</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*gaʀd</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>gart</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>gart</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Gart</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*gaʀd</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>gard</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>gart</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>gaddr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>gaddur</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>gaddr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>gadde, gad</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>gaud</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>gaddr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>gadde, gad</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>gad</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>gadfly</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>gaddr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>gadder</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>gadd</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌲𐌰𐌶𐌳𐍃 (gazds)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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