English

Gutnish

Gutnish comes from Swedish gotländsk ‘from Gotland’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gutô‘a Gute, Gotlander’reconstructed
Old Norsec. 800–1350goti‘a Gotlander’
SwedishmodernGotland
Swedish, derivedmoderngotländsk‘from Gotland’
EnglishtodayGutnish

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gutô‘a Gute, Gotlander’reconstructed
Old Norsec. 800–1350goti‘a Gotlander’
SwedishmodernGotland
Swedish, derivedmoderngotländsk‘from Gotland’
EnglishtodayGutnish

Formed from Gotland + -ish

Proto-Germanic *gutô ‘a Gute, Gotlander’

Old Norse goti ‘a Gotlander’

Swedish Gotland

English Gotland

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- ‘to pour’

god, chemist, giddy, futile, gust, geyser, futility, ingot, gush, 23 more

through Proto-Germanic *geutaną ‘to pour’

Today it means

name The native language of the island of Gotland in present-day Sweden, used both as a spoken and written language until late medieval times.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gutô / Gutnish

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