Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unsti

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 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *undiz, remodelled by analogy with other nouns in *-sti.

Noun edit

*unsti f^[1]

Inflection edit

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unsti
Genitive	*unstī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unsti	*unstī
Accusative	*unsti	*unstī
Genitive	*unstī	*unstijō
Dative	*unstī	unstim, unstijum
Instrumental	*unstī	unstim, unstijum

Derived terms edit

*abunsti

Descendants edit

⇒ Old Frisian: gunst
- North Frisian: gunst, ginst
Old Saxon: unst
- → Swedish: ynnest
- → Danish: yndest
⇒ Old Dutch: *gunst
- Middle Dutch: gonst, gunst
  - Dutch: gunst
    - Afrikaans: guns
Old High German: unst
- Middle High German: unst
  - ⇒ Middle High German: gunst
    - German: Gunst
    - Luxembourgish: Gonscht

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

*unsti f^[2]

storm

Inflection edit

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unsti
Genitive	*unstī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unsti	*unstī
Accusative	*unsti	*unstī
Genitive	*unstī	*unstijō
Dative	*unstī	unstim, unstijum
Instrumental	*unstī	unstim, unstijum

Descendants edit

Old English: ȳst
Old Saxon: ūst
Old High German: unst (in glosses)

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”

[2] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”

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