Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gastiz

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

Possibly attested as -gasti- (in Harigasti-, 450–350 BCE, Negau), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *gastis, Latin hostis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑs.tiz/

Noun

*gastiz m

1. stranger, guest

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *gastiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gastiz	*gastīz
vocative	*gasti	*gastīz
accusative	*gastį	*gastinz
genitive	*gastīz	*gastijǫ̂
dative	*gastī	*gastimaz
instrumental	*gastī	*gastimiz

Derived terms

• *gastihūsą
• *Harigastiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gasti
  • 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
    • Middle Dutch: gast
      • Dutch: gast
        • Afrikaans: gas
  • Old High German: gast
    • Middle High German: gast
      • Bavarian: Gåst
      • German: Gast
        • → Esperanto: gasto
      • Luxembourgish: Gaascht
      • Yiddish: גאַסט (gast)
• Proto-Norse: *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ) (attested in several personal names)
  • Old Norse: gestr
    • Icelandic: gestur
    • Faroese: gestur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjest
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gjest
    • Old Swedish: gæster
      • Swedish: gäst
    • Old Danish: gæst
      • Danish: gæst
    • → Middle English: gest, geste, gist, geast, gyst
      • English: guest
      • Scots: guest
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts)