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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *gastiz.

Noun edit

*gasti m^[1]

guest

Inflection edit

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 edit

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
- Middle Dutch: gast
  - Dutch: gast
    - Afrikaans: gas
Old High German: gast
- Middle High German: gast
  - Bavarian: Gåst
  - German: Gast
    - → Esperanto: gasto
  - Luxembourgish: Gaascht
  - Yiddish: גאַסט (gast)

References edit

^ 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”

[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”

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