Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/gʰóstis

This entry contains Proto-Indo-European reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Possibly from *gʰes- (“to eat”) (Sanskrit घसति (ghasati)).

Noun

*gʰóstis^[1]m

1. stranger

Descendants

• Germanic: *gastiz
• Italic:
  • Latin: hostis
• Slavic: *gostь
  • Old Church Slavonic: гость (gostĭ)

References

1. ^ Don Ringe - From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press 2006