Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unsti

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unsti

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *undiz, remodelled by analogy with other nouns in *-sti.

Noun

*unsti f[1]

1. favour
2. affection

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unsti
Genitive	*unstī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unsti	*unstī
Accusative	*unsti	*unstī
Genitive	*unstī	*unstijō
Dative	*unstī	*unstim
Instrumental	*unstī	*unstim

Derived terms

• *abunsti

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Frisian: gunst
  • North Frisian: gunst, ginst
• Old Saxon: unst
  • → Swedish: ynnest
  • → Danish: yndest
• ⇒ Old Dutch: *gunst
  • Middle Dutch: gonst, gunst
    • Dutch: gunst
      • Afrikaans: guns
• Old High German: unst
  • Middle High German: unst
    • ⇒ Middle High German: gunst
      • German: Gunst
      • Luxembourgish: Gonscht

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*unsti f[2]

1. storm

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unsti
Genitive	*unstī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unsti	*unstī
Accusative	*unsti	*unstī
Genitive	*unstī	*unstijō
Dative	*unstī	*unstim
Instrumental	*unstī	*unstim

Descendants

• Old English: ȳst
• Old Saxon: ūst
• Old High German: unst (in glosses)

References

1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”
2. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”