Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kustuz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkus.tuz/

Noun

*kustuz m

trial, choice

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *kustuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kustuz	*kustiwiz
vocative	*kustu	*kustiwiz
accusative	*kustų	*kustunz
genitive	*kustauz	*kustiwǫ̂
dative	*kustiwi	*kustumaz
instrumental	*kustū	*kustumiz

Related terms

*keusaną
*kustiz

Descendants

Old English: cost (possibly also from Old Norse); cyst m
- Middle English: cost
  - Scots: cost, kost, coust
  - English: cost (“manner, way”)
Old Frisian: kest
Old Saxon: *cust , kust
Old Dutch: *kust
- Middle Dutch: cust
  - Dutch: kust (archaic)
Old High German: *kust
- Middle High German: kust
  - German: Kust m (dialectal)
Old Norse: kostr
- Icelandic: kostur
- Faroese: kostur
- Old Swedish: koster, kuster
  - Swedish: -kost in farkost
- Danish: kost
Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (kustus)