Gau
German (Berlin)
/ɡaʊ̯/
noun
Definitions
- (now chiefly in placenames) shire; district
- (historic) an administrative unit of the Third Reich
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German göu (district) inherited from Old High German gawi inherited from Proto-Germanic *gawją.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gawją
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gauleiter English
- yeoman English
- yeomanette English
- yeomanlike English
- yeomanly English
- yeomanry English
- Aue German
- Auerbach German
- Gaugraf German
- Gaugräfin German
- Gauleiter German
- Graf German
- Leiter German
- gouw Dutch, Flemish
- ouwe Dutch, Flemish
- *gawją Proto-Germanic
- *jūz Proto-Germanic
- *ġēamann Old English
- -ge Old English
- ġē Old English
- ye Middle English
- yoman Middle English
- gou Middle Dutch
- gawi Old High German
- gouwi, gawi Old High German
- göu Middle High German
- göugrave Middle High German
- göugrâve Middle High German
- ouwe Middle High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹 Gothic
- gō Old Dutch
- gem-pro gmw