Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gasti

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gastiz.

Noun

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*gasti m[1]

  1. guest

Inflection

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i-stem
Singular
Nominative *gasti
Genitive *gastī
Singular Plural
Nominative *gasti *gastī
Accusative *gasti *gastī
Genitive *gastī *gastijō
Dative *gastī *gastim, *gastijum
Instrumental *gastī *gastim, *gastijum

Descendants

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  • Old English: ġiest
  • Old Frisian: jest
  • Old Saxon: gast
    • Middle Low German: gast
      • Westphalian:
        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Gast
        Sauerländisch: Gast
        Westmünsterländisch: Gast
      • Plautdietsch: Gaust
      • Saterland Frisian: Gast
      • West Frisian: gast
  • Old Dutch: *gast
  • Old High German: gast

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43:PWGmc *gasti