Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaumaz

Etymology
Kroonen reconstructs this word from earlier (compare ), and connects it with 🇨🇬 (with analogical -ū-), from, , assuming the original meaning was "to heed, guard".

Alternatively, Mayrhofer connects this word with 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), assuming an original form of from which both roots derive.

Noun

 * 1) heed, attention