Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rastō

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.

According to Kroonen, from the same root as *rēsōną (“to rush”) and *rēsō (“running, course, rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hre(h₁)s- (“to flow, rush”) +‎ *-teh₂. Alternatively compared to the root *h₁er(h₁)- (“to rest”), though Kroonen does not favor this latter theory.

*rastō f

1. interval
2. (period of) rest

• *rustijō

• *rastōną

• Proto-West Germanic: *rastu
  • Old English: ræst, rest
    • Middle English: reste, rest
      • Scots: rest
      • English: rest
  • Old Frisian: *raste, *reste
    • Saterland Frisian: Rääst, Räst
    • West Frisian: rêst
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: rastelik, restelik
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: restene
  • Old Saxon: rasta, resta
    • Middle Low German: raste, reste
  • Old Dutch: *rasta, *resta
    • Middle Dutch: raste, reste, (with metathesis) erste
      • Dutch: rast, ras (dialectal)
  • Old High German: rasta
    • Middle High German: raste, reste
      • German: Rast
      • Luxembourgish: Rascht
• Old Norse: rǫst
  • Icelandic: röst
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rost, rast
  • Old Swedish: rast, rost
    • Swedish: rast
  • Danish: rast
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰 (rasta)