Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kustiz

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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-ti-s (“taste”), from *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkus.tiz/

Noun

*kustiz f

1. trial, choice

Inflection

Declension of *kustiz (i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*kustiz	*kustīz
vocative	*kusti	*kustīz
accusative	*kustį	*kustinz
genitive	*kustīz	*kustijǫ̂
dative	*kustī	*kustimaz
instrumental	*kustī	*kustimiz

Related terms

• *keusaną
• *kustuz

Descendants

• Old English: cyst
  • Middle English: cüste
• Old Frisian: kest
  • North Frisian: kest
  • West Frisian: kêst
• Old Saxon: cust
  • Middle Low German: kust, küst
• Old Dutch: *kust
  • Middle Dutch: kust
    • Dutch: kust
• Old High German: chust, kust
  • Middle High German: kust
• Gothic: *𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kusts) (in 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gakusts)