Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaist

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 This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysd-os, from *ǵʰeysd- (“anger, agitation”). Cognate with Sanskrit हेड (héḍa).

Noun

*gaist m[1][2]

  1. ghost, spirit

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *gaist
Genitive *gaistas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gaist *gaistō, *gaistōs
Accusative *gaist *gaistā
Genitive *gaistas *gaistō
Dative *gaistē *gaistum
Instrumental *gaistu *gaistum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*gaist”
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Geist”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 253: “wg. *gaista-”
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