Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gasti

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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 *gastiz.

Noun

*gasti m[1]

  1. guest

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *gasti
Genitive *gastī
Singular Plural
Nominative *gasti *gastī
Accusative *gasti *gastī
Genitive *gastī *gastijō
Dative *gastī *gastim, *gastijum
Instrumental *gastī *gastim, *gastijum

Descendants

  • Old English: ġiest
  • Old Frisian: jest
  • Old Saxon: gast
    • Middle Low German: gast
      • Westphalian:
        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Gast
        Sauerländisch: Gast
        Westmünsterländisch: Gast
      • Plautdietsch: Gaust
      • → Saterland Frisian: Gast
      • → West Frisian: gast
  • Old Dutch: *gast
  • Old High German: gast

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43: “PWGmc *gasti”
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