Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gahnaistô

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 *ga- +‎ *hnaistô.

Noun

*gahnaistô m

spark

Inflection

Declension of *gahnaistô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gahnaistô	*gahnaistaniz
Vocative	*gahnaistô	*gahnaistaniz
Accusative	*gahnaistanų	*gahnaistanunz
Genitive	*gahnaistiniz	*gahnaistanǫ̂
Dative	*gahnaistini	*gahnaistammaz
Instrumental	*gahnaistinē	*gahnaistammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gahnaistō
- Old English: *gnāst
  - Middle English: gnast, knast, gnaist, gnost
    - English: gnast
  - ⇒ Old English: fȳrgnāst
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *ganēstra, *ganistra
  - Middle Dutch: ghenstere, genster, genstere, genstere, genster, geenster, geenstere, geinstere, genstre, geister
    - Dutch: genster, geinster
      - → West Frisian: geinster
- Old High German: *ganeisto, gneisto, kneisto, gnanisto m, gnaneista, ganeista, gneista f
  - Middle High German: geneiste, gneiste, ganeist m or f
    - German: Gneist
  - ⇒ Old High German: gnaneistra, ganeistra f
    - Middle High German: ganeister, geneister
      - German: Gneister, Ganster
      - → Middle Low German: genster
Old Norse: gneisti, neisti, hneisti
- Icelandic: gneisti, neisti
- Faroese: neisti
- Norwegian Bokmål: gnist
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gneiste, neiste, neistre
- Swedish: gnist, gnista, gnistra
- Danish: gnist
- → Scots: neist