Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gastiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly attested as -gasti- (in Harigasti-, 450-350 BCE, Negau). From Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑs.tiz/

Noun

*gastiz m

stranger, guest

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *gastiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gastiz	*gastīz
vocative	*gasti	*gastīz
accusative	*gastį	*gastinz
genitive	*gastīz	*gastijǫ̂
dative	*gastī	*gastimaz
instrumental	*gastī	*gastimiz

Descendants

Old English: ġiest
Old Frisian: jest
Old Saxon: gast
- Middle Low German: gast
  - Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Gast
    Sauerländisch: Gast
    Westmünsterländisch: Gast
  - Plautdietsch: Gaust
  - → West Frisian: gast
Old Dutch: *gast
- Middle Dutch: gast
  - Dutch: gast
    - Afrikaans: gas
Old High German: gast
- Middle High German: gast
  - German: Gast
    - → Esperanto: gasto
  - Luxembourgish: Gaascht
  - Yiddish: גאַסט‎ (gast)
Norse: *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiz)
- Old Norse: gestr
  - Icelandic: gestur
  - Faroese: gestur
  - Norwegian: gjest
  - Old Swedish: gæster
    - Swedish: gäst
  - Old Danish: gæst
    - Danish: gæst
  - → Middle English: gest
    - English: guest
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts)