Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwōstō

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 *hwōstô.

Noun

*hwōstō m

1. cough

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwōstō
Genitive	*hwōstini, *hwōstan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwōstō	*hwōstan
Accusative	*hwōstan	*hwōstan
Genitive	*hwōstini, *hwōstan	*hwōstanō
Dative	*hwōstini, *hwōstan	*hwōstum
Instrumental	*hwōstini, *hwōstan	*hwōstum

Descendants

• Old English: hwōsta
  • Middle English: host
    • English: whoost, hoost
• Old Saxon: *hwōsto
  • Middle Low German: hôste
• Old Dutch: *huosto
  • Middle Dutch: hoeste
    • Dutch: hoest
      • Afrikaans: hoes
• Old High German: huosto
  • Middle High German: huoste
    • German: Husten
    • → Yiddish: הוסט (hust)