Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gostь

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gastis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gastiz and Latgalian gosts.

Noun

*gȍstь m^[1]^[2]

guest

Inflection

Declension of *gȍstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gȍstь	*gȍsti	gȍstьjē, gȍsťē^*
genitive	*gostí	gostьjù, gosťu^*	*gostь̀jь
dative	*gȍsti	*gostьmà	*gȍstьmъ
accusative	*gȍstь	*gȍsti	*gȍsti
instrumental	*gȍstьmь	*gostьmà	*gostьmì
locative	*gostí	gostьjù, gosťu^*	*gȍstьxъ
vocative	*gosti	*gȍsti	gȍstьjē, gȍsťē^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*gostinъ (“guest's, guest-”)
*gostiti (“to host”)
*gostina (“hospitality”)
*gostьba (“dish”)
- Bulgarian гозба (gozba)
*gosti (“female guest”)

Related terms

*gospodь (“lord; master”)
*Gostislavъ
*Bъdigostь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гость (gostĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: гость (hostʹ)
    - Belarusian: госць (hoscʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: гость (hostʹ)
    - Ukrainian: гість (histʹ)
  - Russian: гость (gostʹ)
- Old Novgorodian: гость (gostĭ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: гость (gostĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰳⱁⱄⱅⱐ (gostĭ)
- Bulgarian: гост (gost)
- Macedonian: гост (gost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: го̑ст
  
  Latin script: gȏst
- Slovene: gȍst (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: host
  - Czech: host
- Old Polish: gość
  - Masurian: goszcz
  - Polish: gość
  - Silesian: gość
- Old Slovak: hosť
  - Slovak: hosť
- Polabian: ďüst
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: gòsc
  - Slovincian: gôsc
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: gósć
  - Upper Sorbian: hósć

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȏstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 180: “m. i (c) ‘guest’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gostь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 138)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȏstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 180: “m. i (c) ‘guest’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “gostь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 138)”

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