Reconstruction:ප්‍රොටෝ-ජර්මානු/ga-

This 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.

ප්‍රොටෝ-ජර්මානු

වෙනත් ආකාර

• *gą-

නිරුක්තිය

From ප්‍රොටෝ-ඉන්දු-යුරෝපීය *ḱóm (“with, near, by, along”). Cognate with ලතින් co-, con-, prefix forms of cum (“with”). The irregular change from expected **ha- to *ga- is probably due to the unstressed nature of this prefix.

උපසර්ගය

*Reconstruction:ප්‍රොටෝ-ජර්මානු/ga-

1. Indicates association or togetherness; co-.
2. Indicates completeness or wholeness. In verbs, also indicates perfectivity (a finished action).

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

ප්‍රොටෝ-ජර්මානු යෙදුම්, *ga- උපසර්ග සහිත

• *gagana
• *gaganą

Descendants

In Old Norse, *ga- only survives as a fossil in a few words. Its semantic function was, however, retained perfectly by the particle of.

• ප්‍රොටෝ-බටහිර ජර්මානු: *ga-
• Old Norse: g- (non-productive)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: gnógr, glíkr, greiðr, greiða, granni
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰- (ga-)
• Vandalic: *ga-