Below is the full list of
terms in the Goedish language that have hitherto been recorded. These are the
remaining notes from the project.
ad
od, ether
ak
oak tree; plural is aik, both accusative forms are aiki
an
to feel, touch
aiskran
to scream, literally to cut through the air
aeo
air, gas
armat
armada, fleet, array; also as armad
auad
perception, thing, experience
auan
to perceive, to grasp, to feel; by extension to hear
audan
to perceive physically; by extension usually to hear
aufad
window
aufan
to look outside, look through something, perceive over a distance
auk
also (nonstandard etymology)
aukad
suppliment, addition
aukan
to add; by extension to enlarge
aumad
realization
auman
to realize
auvan
to conclude or come to a perceptual conclusion, deduce, in the mental sense
auto
automobile, car
avto
self; by extension vehicle, host; by extension car through altered spelling
avtomad
machine, system (or is this avtomat?)
avtomat
automatic
bad
band; proclaimation, say; figuratively bandages
ban
to bind; by extension, to say or proclaim, see notes
baidan
to wail, bay, shout; by extension to plea
bakad
baking, bread
bakan
to bake (from onomatopoeia)
bakeo
bakery; oven ?
bead
bath, simmer
bean
to warm
bedan
to cause, affect, make do
bedran
to get, receive; to take; by extension to take a drink of something
bedraidan
to put something through an ordeal, to subject to something
bedraiman
to accept; also formed by la + verb, to allow being ___; also seen as bedreoman
befan
to give; to move, to make find, move something onto another way
began
to begin (either transitive or intransitive)
bejan
to give content; by extension to explain
belad
what had been brought forth, load
belan
to load, lay down
belean
to believe, accept
bekan
to enable
beman
to give an impression
bemoan
to bemoan, to lament, dread
benan
to take
bestudan
to teach, impart
besvan
to lull; by extension to put to sleep
bevan
to show, teach, reveal; to understand ?
blad
flower; adjectival form is light blue or white
blan
to blow inflate, swell; by extension flourish
blaidan
to bloom (flower + to do, blad + dan)
blav
flower petal
bleo
bloom, blossom
bleoban
to collect or pick flowers; also seen as blaiban
blikan
to blink (from onomatopoeia)
brad
birth, carriage; system, encompassment, breadth; breath, braiad -
ambiance
bran
to have (also meaning to bear or carry, passive tense signifies birth)
braidan
to breathe
broer
brother (nonstandard etymology)
dad
deed, act; by extension, thing, matter. i dad means indeed
dan
to do
deo
gift; also god
deovad
religion, mythology
disjan
to differ
displean
to skin, remove skin, flay
distran
to destroy, errode
disvan
to realize, in a negative sense
dlad
length, size in a rectangular fashion; section, part, partition
doer
daughter (nonstandard etymology)
drad
tree. adjectival: idrjad - not just strong, but isolated
draidan
to endure, withstand; take, last, durate; be strong, be hard (drad + dan)
draiman
to journey through the mind, to dream, think
dran
to hold, hold fast, support; do service, be employed (see dree)
draipan
to drop, drip, drip down or across
drav
room, chamber
drean
to drip, trickle
dreo
door
dreodan
to open a door; to open up; let in or permit in
dreoman
to permit oneself to think, to let someone think
dreonan
to lead through; to aim, direct, conduct, put in, guide in
dvad
depth, deep
dvan
to drip. with "par", becomes to dip into
dvaidan
to dive
dveo
drop
dveodan
to drop
dyliht
twilight
edan
to eat
ej
I
ekvad
horse
fad
bridge
fan
to find, encounter; to embrace, to stretch (see notes)
flad
flow, stream, current, flood
flan
to flow
flaidan
to float, fly
fleo
glide, flight, travel with bouyancy
fleodan
to fly
fnan
to sneeze; to snort, blow, breathe onto (sth), suddenly expell gas, pop, burst
foer
father (nonstandard etymology)
frad
peace; woodlet (especially in plural), fraiad means freedom
fran
to lead, guide, protect; fare (transitive); Friaidi
- Freyr, Friaida - Freya
fraidan
to be at peace
fraitad
peace-time; also Friday, because this day is also a day of peace
fraivad
welcome
fraivan
to welcome
freo
journey
freodan
to travel, go on a journey
gad
path, direction, corridor, tunnel; earth (unrelated to "gan")
gan
to go (unrelated to "gad")
geo
earth
geovad
geology
gedan
to react, by extension to function
gegan
to go back, return; to go against something (transitive)
gejan
to answer
gekan
to regain, reacquire
gelad
likeness, adjectival means same
gelan
to be like, to be similar to, to conform; by extension to believe
gemad
memory; also mood or particular area of thinking
geman
to remember
genan
to swim laps or swim continually;
to swim or lead against something (transitive)
gepopan
to boil, percolate, bubble
geskad
shape, form
gesvad
song or music; unlike svad, which means an instance of such or a vision
gesvan
to slumber
gevan
to remember physical information
gewan
to decrease; to desire
glad
cold
glan
to freeze, to chill
glaibad
ball, globe
glaiban
to roll into a ball
glaidan
to glide
glav
ice
glead
spark, glitter
glean
to gleam, shine, glitter
gleo
glow; gleodad - congelation, solidification, glue?
grad
green; by extension any plant, grass
gran
to become green; by extension to grow. See notes
gri
grass, a blade of grass is "gristav"
greo
growth, development, as an instance and not a concept; by extension result
greovad
botany, gardening knowledge. verb form: i know how to let plants grow
had
heath
han
to be called, named (as each heath had a name)
heo
hue, color (unrelated to "had")
iran
to get agitated or angry, to anger (intransitive)(unrelated to ran)
ireo
anger, madness, agitation, astray
isk
ash tree; by extension a individual organism or the kind which typifies it
jad
contents, innards (from the preposition "i")
jan
to count; to contain; with "par" it means to tell someone something
jaidan
to include, by extension to carry as a shop does with goods
kad
art, works, crafts, think of German "Kuenst"
kan
to be able to; kaiad is ability
kaidan
to sing, recite
kakad
cooking
kakan
to cook (from onomatopoeia)
kakeo
kitchen (from kakan)
kalkeo
lime, chalk, calcium (from Latin)
kalkulan
to calculate (from Latin)
kikan
to peek, take a look at (from onomatopoeia of a chicken clucking)
kikirikan
to cockadoodledoo (from onomatopoeia); by extension to alert, alarm
klad
clod, load, aggregation; pile; by extension apparel, see notes
klan
to stick together, aggregate, gather
kleo
dirt, clay
krad
heart
kran
to course, run; by extension to beat, undulate, pump, cram, bring
krav
chamber, atrium, organ cavity; body cavity; stomach;blood; body
lad
load; land, lot; likeness
lan
to lay, lie. passive form means to be allowed to do
lainan
to line, border, surround the foot of something (transitive); to swim
backstroke
laiskad
landscape; by secondary meaning, the features of a digital file
liht
light; connective form is ly, acting like li
lolan
to frolic, be gay (from onomatopoeia)
mad
maiden; love; maiad - maidenhood
mak
much, a lot, very (nonstandard etymology)
man
to mean; by extension to think, remember; or is this geman?
maisan
to sow meaning; by extension to amaze, bedazzle, astound
meo
moon; by extension, month
miht
might, power (nonstandard etymology)
moan
to moo; by extension to moan (from onomatopoeia)
moer
mother (nonstandard etymology)
mut
must (nonstandard etymology)
naht
night
nad
ship
nan
to swim; to sail; by extension to direct, especially along or towards
a course, to lead
nav
hull; body; by extension, a ship, especially that in a large group
nedan
the past; literally, to be in the past
pad
path
pan
to span, traverse the distance between or across, stretch, draw, think
"path”
pipan
to tweet (from onomatopoeia); see notes
popan
to pop (from onomatopoeia); in extension to burst, blow up
plad
plane
plan
to spread out, be broad, flat, be open; see notes
planad
planet (from Latin)
plead
clothes; by extension shirt
plean
to cover, clothe
pleo
surface, coat, face, skin, hide
pleodan
to cover, coat; unpleodan can also mean to undress
ploan
to float
rad
root, race, right, standard of measurement or evaluation, also red
ran
to run, continue; to right, preserve
rav
bolt, bar; by extension device, appliance
raivad
computer science, computer knowledge
reo
ray, line, direction, vector. i reo means to be in line (or ireo?)
reorav
computer; sometimes by omission it becomes simply rav
reovad
geometry
sad
seed
san
to sow, seed; to lace, sew
saidad
agriculture, farming as a practice
saidan
to sodden, soil, lace, implant
saivad
agriculture, farming as a science
seo
sun
seodan
to glare
seosklad
heliosphere
skad
stair, step, level, especially in plural. also means a shade or shadow.
skan
to ascend or descend, mount, leap
skaidan
to scale, level, reach as stairs do
skav
shape, form; by extension image
skeo
scale, level, as a measure or increment.
skeodan
to measure, to make a measurement
sklad
shell; by extension sphere, also skull, hall
skran
to cut, snip, shear
skraiban
to scribe, write
skraistav
pencil, pen, stylus
skraiv
shears
skri
cuts, incisions
skreo
cut, opening, slit
skvad
shape, form; by extension shade, shadow, contour, image
skvan
to shape, outline, project, imagine
skvaiman
to imagine, conjure
slad
salt, nitre, slime. adjectival form means slippery, slick, slimy
slan
to slide
slaibad
slime, viscous material that is binding; in extension glue
slaiban
to stick, be stuck
slaidan
to slide across
sleo
slug, snail
sman
to carve, cut; by extension to make, forge, fashion
snan
to swim
soer
sister (nonstandard etymology)
spad
space
span
to extend three-dimensionally, see notes
spairan
to hope
spaitan
to increase
speo
increment; part, section
speodan
to take time; to time something, to wait (transitive)
sprad
spread, sprinkles
spran
to spread, sprinkle, spray, strew
spraidan
to disseminate, scatter, distribute
sprav
dissemination, allocation, distribution
spreo
spray, jet, stream
stad
city, point; see notes
stan
to stand, set, sit, stay, stall; for passive form, see notes
stanet
future
staigan
to step, on to or off of, climb. For usage notes, see below the list.
stav
trunk, stalk, sprout
steo
stall; place
strad
strife, struggle; by extension of poetic meaning, a star, unrelated to "stran"
stran
to pull tight, narrow, wring; stretch (mostly transitive)
straidan
to strive, struggle, make an effort
strav
beach
streo
star
streodan
to shine, glow
streonad
spaceship, spacecraft, starship; streonaiad is astronautics
streonan
to sail the stars; by extension to travel space
streovad
astronomy
studan
to study (from Latin)
svad
song, svaiad - singing; by extension, a dream or vision
svan
to sing (see English "swan", Latin “sono”)
svaidan
to sleep
sveo
song, dream?
sveodan
to dream
tad
tide; by extension time; by extension day
tan
to touch; to extend; by extension to rage, well, undulate
taidan
to well, wave, beat as an ocean does
trad
thread, twisted fiber; topic, topic of discussion
tran
to turn, spin, weave; braid
treo
track, circular path, orbit
treodan
to tread, step, walk
treoman
to dream, remember
vad
knowledge
van
to know; to will
vi
water
vrad
word, "Vrad er baidans speo"
vran
to speak, to
say
vreo
squirrel
wad
lack, absence; by extension emptiness, also seen as waiad
wan
to want, lack, desire; figuratively to shrink or decrease
waidan
to shrink, decrease; figuratively to be sorry
waimad
woe, sorrow, nostalgia, wistfulness, emotion of missing something
waiman
to miss as in the emotional process, sorrow
weo
woe, pain, injury
weodan
to hurt
weolan
to sulk
weomad
sorrowfulness, sorry for something to someone
weoman
to be sorry, to sorrow for having done something, to regret emotionally
winan
to whine, cry, yelp, whinny (from onomatopoeia)
ypan
to reach over, reach across
ytran
to turn over, flip over
Undecided
Terminology
maimeo
May
meotad
Monday
skraimad
sorrow, literally a feeling that cuts
skraiman
to scream or wail internally, be sorrowful, combination of skran and man)
Fraidans i min avto,
Fraitad komans jur...
Vocabulary Notes
ban
to bind; by extension, to say or proclaim, by binding or gathering words
together and then binding them to reality
fan
to find, encounter; to embrace, stretch ones arm's about; also to stretch over
or to something in a stationary manner, i.e. a structure, to fan out. this is a
poetic device, a bridge "fans" to or "finds" the other end.
gran
to become green; by extension to grow. perhaps grjan is rather for to become
green? passive used to show that oneself grows, especially if not enduced by
outside source
klad
clod, load, aggregation; pile; by extension appearal, especially in plural and
possessive, clothes
pipan
to tweet (from onamonapeia); by extension to meddle in something lightly, to
peep into something
plan
to spread out, be broad, flat, be open (combination of pad and lan), as a
field, a room, or an opening box does; can be used figuratively to mean
skinning or unraveling
span
to extend three-dimensionally, measure, distance, span, usually of a vast
vacant space, to space. passive means to be placed somewhere
stad
city, point; it implies a point on a plane, literally or geometrically, that
does not move. it is that which stands, and can also be a stand or a stall
staigan
to step, on to or off of, climb. the dynamic verb "gan" overrides the
static sense of "stan", meaning to achieve a footing, presumably on a
step or stair. similar to skan, but implies a single step in particular. skan
implies many steps
stan
to stand, set, sit, stay, stall; passive form means to sit, be seated, or be
placed somewhere
Prefixes
be- means to make
something do something, equivalent also to par-
ge- means either against,
again or a continually repeated, collective action
implies there are so much
that they eventually pile against each other
Parts of Speech
aljan
everywhere
av
over, above; in front of if stat
bened
behind
dra
through
gen
against
hvei
how
i
in, within, inside (not used for locative case)
it
not
ja
already
jal
every, all
je
this
jer
to be or equal
jes
today
jet
this (final)
jot
now
jur
soon
med
with
ned
under
nei
beyond
oic
and, including
ot
and (dual)
par
for, also on and to, think Swedish pa
per
but
sa
so
ut
and
y
across, over
yt
from, out of, across from
dis
to be difficult
combinations:
avlad - upload; upland, uphill
nedlad - download;
downland, uphill
Numbers
an
one, plural is aini
dy
two
dry
three
Words Borrowed from
Latin and Greek
Alchemum
Chemistry
Antipathum
Antipathy
Apologum
Apology
Astrologum
Astrology
Astronomum
Astronomy
Biograph
Biography
Biologum Biology
Historum History
Linguum Linguistics
Mythologum Mythology
Nasjalum Nationalism
Philosophum Philosophy
Physum Physics
Psychologum Psychology
Roboticum
Robotics
Scjentum
Science
Sosjalum
Socialism
Abrogatum
Dissolution or Repeal
Adparum
Appearance
Adrogatum
Assumption or Claim; Attribution, Assignment of Qualities
Conpletum
Accomplishment
Conpositum
Composition, Composing
Concludum
Completion
Conrogatum
Invitation
Constructum
Assembly
Creatum
Creation
Derogatum
Detraction, Restriction
Destructum
Desctruction
Disadparum
Disappearance
Dissipatum
Dissipation
Dissolutum
Dissolution
Informasjet
Information
Mosjet
Motion
Nasjet
Nation
Nosjet
notion, hint, subtlety, hidden meaning
Rogatum
Inquirey, Request
Sorbtum
Absorbtion (gespaiad, gespans)
Sosjet
Society
Lyrics to Skyclad Observer
I reo nedet avspeodan i
reo stanet koman je
Auiaidi ispeo ije
realisatum fane.
Al sa jedeoe smad ja dadi
perfectum
Aljer skaivi gelans,
je fra inedet dreo
zero er nedet je an man stanet
Project Notes
The Goedish language has
so far 380 words.
Goedish was a thought
experiment. Its primary objective was to achieve a usable model of a language
that was relatively closer than any other language to proto-Germanic. Its
second objective was to test the subjection of a language to peculiar
sound-rules, most notably the deletion of inner vowels and the replacement of
their stress on the thematic vowel. This second objective comes purely
from it never having been done before. The fictional history mentioned at the
beginning and throughout the document is an attempt to provide the possible
conditions under which the language could have developed, and is not meant to
be taken as a representation of actual historic events.
As for the history of this
project itself, it began in 2011 under the name “Bljaidi” instead of “Goedish”.
It was later referred to as “Dyliht”. As of late 2013 the project was picked up
again and completely revised along more objective lines.
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