Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwastuz

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 *gʷes- (“twig; leafwork”).

Alternatively perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos (“piece of wood”). Compare Proto-Celtic *bozdos (“tail, penis”), Middle Irish bot (“tail, penis”), Welsh both (“hub, nave”), Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (“nail, tack, peg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑs.tuz/

Noun

*kwastuz m

1. tuft
2. tassel

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *kwastuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kwastuz	*kwastiwiz
vocative	*kwastu	*kwastiwiz
accusative	*kwastų	*kwastunz
genitive	*kwastauz	*kwastiwǫ̂
dative	*kwastiwi	*kwastumaz
instrumental	*kwastū	*kwastumiz

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *kwast
  • Saterland Frisian: Kwast
  • West Frisian: kwast
• Old Saxon: *kwast
  • Middle Low German: quast, quest
    • German Low German: Quast
• Old Dutch: *kwast
  • Middle Dutch: quast
    • Dutch: kwast
      • Afrikaans: kwas
• Old High German: *quast, *quasta, questa
  • Middle High German: quast, quaste, queste, koste, kost
    • German: Queste, Quaste, Quest
• Old Norse: *kvǫstr; (kvistr)
  • (Icelandic: kvistur)
  • (Faroese: kvistur)
  • (Norwegian Bokmål: kvist)
  • (Norwegian Nynorsk: kvist)
  • Old Swedish: kvaster, koster
    • Swedish: kvast; (kvist)
  • Danish: kvast, kost; (kvist)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: kost
  • (→ Middle English: quist; (twist))
    • (Scots: twist)
    • (English: twist)