Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gesteran
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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
From *gesteraz + *-n. The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyésteros.[1]
Adverb
*gesteran
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *gesteran, *gestran
- Old English: ġiestran, ġeostran, ġiestron, ġistran
- ⇒ Old English: ġiestrandæġ, ġeostrandæġ, ġierstandæġ, ġyrstandæġ
- Old Dutch: gestaron
- Old High German: gesteron, gesteren
- Old English: ġiestran, ġeostran, ġiestron, ġistran
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gestra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 175-6