göu

See also: gou, gòu, gōu, gǒu, and Gǒu

Middle High German

FWOTD – 31 March 2017

Alternative forms

göuwe, gou, geu, gäw

Etymology

From Old High German gawi, gouwi, from Proto-Germanic *gawi (compare Low German Gohe, Dutch gouw, West Frisian gea, goa), from earlier *gaawja (“riverlands, lakeside land”), from collective *ga- + *awjō (“land by a waterway”) (compare German Aue).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡøy/

Noun

göu n

shire, district

Declension

Declension of göu

Case \ Number	singular	plural
nominative	göu	göu
accusative	göu	göu
genitive	göuwes	göuwe
dative	göuwe	göuwen

Descendants

German: Gau

References

Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “göu”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

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