[gothic-l] Gaut, *Gautoz, gjuta, giessen

[Bertil Häggman]

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I was wondering about the statement underneath that the name
of the god Gaut "is simply the tribal name" and shouldn't
it be *Gautoz. What other meanings could be possible
for Gaut- than the relation to gjuta, giessen? Just curious.

Gothically

Bertil

>     Gaut is simply the tribal name *Gautaz, and never had an "l" in it at
> all; it isn't related to either Witi- or Walda-.  A connection is sometimes
> made with the IE root ghew- "pour". *Gautaz should reflect PIE *Ghoudos,
> but of course Germanic itself was completely capable of forming new nouns
> based on existing ablaut patterns, so the word does not need to be traced
> back that far.



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