Gaut
/ɡaʊt/noun
A Germanic mythological name, especially an Old Norse byname of Odin and an ancestral name associated with the Geats.
Did you know?Gautr is one of Odin’s many names in Old Norse poetry, while related forms appear in traditions about the Geats and Goths.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵʰewH-
“To pour or pour out; the proposed deep root behind the Germanic name, though details are debated.”
Proto-Germanic
Germanic
*Gautaz
“A name or ethnonym traditionally connected with “the pourer” or with a Germanic ancestral group.”
Old English
Old English
Gēat
“A Geat, the Germanic people associated with southern Scandinavia and Beowulf.”
Old Norse
Old Norse
Gautr
“A poetic name of Odin and also a legendary ancestor-name linked with the Geats.”
Medieval Latin and Germanic records
Latin/Germanic
Gauti, Gauti/Goti
“Forms used in historical and ethnographic writing for Scandinavian or Gothic-associated peoples.”
Modern English
English
Gaut
“A learned English form used mainly in mythology, historical linguistics, and discussions of Germanic ethnonyms.”