Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gastiz

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 This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly attested as -gasti- (in Harigasti-, 450–350 BCE, Negau), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *gastis, Latin hostis.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*gastiz m

  1. stranger, guest

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *gastiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gastiz *gastīz
vocative *gasti *gastīz
accusative *gastį *gastinz
genitive *gastīz *gastijǫ̂
dative *gastī *gastimaz
instrumental *gastī *gastimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gasti-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
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