Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ōstaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ōstaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːs.tɑz/

Noun

*ōstaz m

1. branch; offshoot
2. fork or crotch in a tree; node
3. knot; knarl

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *ōstaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ōstaz	*ōstōz, *ōstōs
vocative	*ōst	*ōstōz, *ōstōs
accusative	*ōstą	*ōstanz
genitive	*ōstas, *ōstis	*ōstǫ̂
dative	*ōstai	*ōstamaz
instrumental	*ōstō	*ōstamiz

Related terms

• *astaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ōst
  • Old English: ōst
  • Old Frisian: *ōst; *nōst (due to rebracketing)
    • Saterland Frisian: Noust
  • Old Saxon: *ōst
    • Middle Low German: ôst; nôst, nôste (due to rebracketing)
      • German Low German: Oost, Noost
  • Old Dutch: *uost
    • Middle Dutch: *oest (attested only with proclitic n- in noest)
      • Dutch: oest; noest (due to rebracketing)