< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/post
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin postis.
Noun
*post m
- post, pedestal
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *post | |
Genitive | *postas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *post | *postō, *postōs |
Accusative | *post | *postā |
Genitive | *postas | *postō |
Dative | *postē | *postum |
Instrumental | *postu | *postum |
Alternative reconstructions
- posti f
Descendants
- Old English: post
- Middle English: post, poste
- English: post
- → German: Post
- Scots: post, poist
- English: post
- Middle English: post, poste
- Old Frisian: post
- Old Saxon: post
- Middle Low German: post
- → Danish: post
- → Old Swedish: poster
- Swedish: post
- → Estonian: post
- Middle Low German: post
- Old Dutch: *post
- Middle Dutch: post
- Dutch: post
- Middle Dutch: post
- Old High German: pfost
- Middle High German: pfoste, pfost
- German: Pfosten
- Middle High German: pfoste, pfost