< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jestu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *jestuz.
Noun
*jestu m
- fermentation
- byproducts or agents of fermentation
- yeast
- Synonyms: *bermō, *habbjō
Inflection
u-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *jestu | |
Genitive | *jestō | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *jestu | *jestiwi, *jestō |
Accusative | *jestu | *jestū |
Genitive | *jestō | *jestiwō |
Dative | *jestiwi, *jestō | *jestum |
Instrumental | *jestu | *jestum |
Descendants
- Old English: ġiest, ġist, ġyst
- Middle English: yeest
- Scots: yest
- English: yeast
- Middle English: yeest
- Old Frisian: *gest, *jest
- Saterland Frisian: Gääst, Jääst
- West Frisian: gêst, gist
- Old Saxon: *gest
- Middle Low German: gest
- German Low German: Geste, Gest, Gist
- Middle Low German: gest
- Old Dutch: *gest, *gist
- Middle Dutch: gest, gist
- Dutch: gist
- Afrikaans: gis
- Dutch: gist
- Middle Dutch: gest, gist
- Old High German: *jest, *gest
- Middle High German: jest, gest
- Alemannic German: Jëst
- German: Gischt, Jast, Jäst
- Middle High German: jest, gest