*gōmô

Runic: ᚷᛟᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɔː.mɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

gum, palate

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (‘to yawn, gape’) via a -w- extension. Early Germanic -ōw- developed into -ō- only in open syllables, being shortened to -au- in closed syllables, resulting in the oblique form *gaumn-, whence the Old High German variant. Related to Lithuanian gomurỹs (‘palate’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	gōmô	gōmaniz
Acc.	gōmanų	gōmanunz
Gen.	gōminiz	gōmanǫ̂
Dat.	gōmini	gōmammaz
Inst.	gōminē	gōmammiz
Voc.	gōmô	gōmaniz

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Descendants

*gōmō (Proto-West Germanic)
- gōma (Old English)
  - gome, goome, gomme, gumme (Middle English)
    - gum, goom (English)
    - goom, geem, gum (Scots)
*gōmō (Proto-West Germanic)
- guomo (Old High German)
  - guome, guom (Middle High German)
    - Gumm (Luxembourgish)
    - גומען (gumen) (Yiddish)
*gōmō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gōmo (Old Saxon)
  - gume (Middle Low German)
    - gume (Low German)
gómr (Old Norse)
- gómur, gómi (Faroese)
- gómur (Icelandic)
- gom, gomme (Norwegian)
- gomæn (Old Danish)
gómr (Old Norse)
- gōme, gōma (Old Swedish)
  - gom, gomme, goma (Swedish)
gómi (Old Norse)
- gómur, gómi (Faroese)
- gómur (Icelandic)
- gom, gomme (Norwegian)
- gomæn (Old Danish)
gómi (Old Norse)
- gōme, gōma (Old Swedish)
  - gom, gomme, goma (Swedish)
*kuomē (Proto-Samic)

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