Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwōstô

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 *hwōsaną (“to cough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɔː.stɔːː/

Noun

*hwōstô m

1. cough

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hwōstô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hwōstô	*hwōstaniz
vocative	*hwōstô	*hwōstaniz
accusative	*hwōstanų	*hwōstanunz
genitive	*hwōstiniz	*hwōstanǫ̂
dative	*hwōstini	*hwōstammaz
instrumental	*hwōstinē	*hwōstammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hwōstō
  • Old English: hwōsta
    • Middle English: host
      • English: whoost, hoost
  • Old Saxon: *hwōsto
    • Middle Low German: hôste
  • Old Dutch: *huosto
    • Middle Dutch: hoeste
      • Dutch: hoest
        • Afrikaans: hoes
  • Old High German: huosto
    • Middle High German: huoste
      • German: Husten
      • → Yiddish: הוסט (hust)
• Old Norse: hósti
  • Icelandic: hósti
  • Old Swedish: hosta
    • Swedish: hosta
  • Old Danish: hostæ
    • Danish: hoste