Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaskafti

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaskaftiz.

Noun

*gaskafti f

1. creation

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gaskafti
Genitive	*gaskaftī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gaskafti	*gaskaftī
Accusative	*gaskafti	*gaskaftī
Genitive	*gaskaftī	*gaskaftijō
Dative	*gaskaftī	*gaskaftim, *gaskaftijum
Instrumental	*gaskaftī	*gaskaftim, *gaskaftijum

Descendants

• Old English: ġesċeaft, ġesċæft, ġesċeft
  • Middle English: ȝescafte, iscefte, ishafte, ishaft
• Old High German: giscaft
  • Middle High German: gescheft
    • Alemannic German: Geschäft
    • Bavarian: Gschäft
    • German: Geschäft
    • Hunsrik: Gescheft
    • Luxembourgish: Geschäft
    • Vilamovian: gysieft
    • Yiddish: געשעפֿט (gesheft)