Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/naustą

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 Proto-Indo-European *neh₂u- (“sea-boat, ship”) + *sth₂om, from *steh₂- (“to stand”).^[1] More at *nōaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑu̯s.tɑ̃/

Noun

*naustą n

(North Germanic) a ship-shed, boathouse

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *naustą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*naustą	*naustō
vocative	*naustą	*naustō
accusative	*naustą	*naustō
genitive	naustas, naustis	*naustǫ̂
dative	*naustai	*naustamaz
instrumental	*naustō	*naustamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *naust(r)
- Old English: næster
- Old Frisian: nōst
  - North Frisian: nost
- Old Saxon: *nōst, *nōsto
  - Middle Low German: nôste
- >? Old High German: nuosk
  - Middle High German: nuosch
Old Norse: naust
- Icelandic: naust
- Faroese: neyst
- Norwegian: naust; (dialectal) naustr, nøst
  - → Danish: naust, nøst
    - Norwegian Bokmål: naust, nøst
- → Scots: noust, nowst, newst, noost, noast

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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