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Where does “gaddr” come from?

gaddr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic gazdaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰazdʰ-.

gaddr (Old Norse): goad, spike; hard snow

Definitions

  1. goad, spike; hard snow

Ancestry of “gaddr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgazdazgoad; spike
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰazdʰ-—

Words derived from “gaddr”

  • gädda
  • gjedde
  • gjedde
  • gedde
  • gadde
  • gad
  • gradile
  • gedda
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰazdʰ- →