Reconstruction:ප්‍රොටෝ-බටහිර 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From ප්‍රොටෝ-ජර්මානු *ga-.

Prefix

Reconstruction\:ප්‍රොටෝ-බටහිර ජර්මානු/ga-

2. used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating completeness or perfectivity
4. forms nouns or adjectives of association or similarity; co-
6. forms nouns and verbs with the sense of "result" or "process"
8. forms past participles or participle adjectives from verbs

Reconstruction notes

Because of its perfective sense, it eventually became used as a marker of the past participle in the West Germanic languages.

Derived terms

ප්‍රොටෝ-බටහිර ජර්මානු terms prefixed with Reconstruction:ප්‍රොටෝ-බටහිර ජර්මානු/ga- ප්‍රවර්ගය සොයාගත නොහැකි විය

Descendants

• පුරාතන ඉංග්‍රීසි: ġe-
  • මධ්‍යකාලීන ඉංග්‍රීසි: ȝe-, i-, y-
    • ඉංග්‍රීසි: a-, y-, i- (obsolete)
• Old Frisian: ge-, gi-, je-, ie-, e-, i-, a-
  • Saterland Frisian: ge-
  • West Frisian: ge-
• Old Saxon: gi-
• Old Dutch: gi-
• Old High German: gi-