*gahnaistô

Runic: ᚷᚨᚺᚾᚨᛁᛊᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ɣɑ.ˈxnɑi̯s.tɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

spark

Etymology

From *ga- + *hnaistô.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.gahnaistôgahnaistaniz
Acc.gahnaistanųgahnaistanunz
Gen.gahnaistinizgahnaistanǫ̂
Dat.gahnaistinigahnaistammaz
Inst.gahnaistinēgahnaistammiz
Voc.gahnaistôgahnaistaniz

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Descendants

  • *gahnaistō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *ganēstra, *ganistra (Old Dutch)
      • ghenstere, genster, genstere, geenster, geenstere, geinstere, genstre, geister (Middle Dutch)
        • genster, geinster (Dutch)
          • geinster (West Frisian)
  • *gahnaistō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *gnāst (Old English)
      • fȳrgnāst (Old English)
  • *gahnaistō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *gnāst (Old English)
      • gnast, gnost, gnoste, knast (Middle English)
        • gnast, snaste, snast, snaist, snaast, sneeste, sneest, snace, snaice, sneeze, snaich (English)
  • *gahnaistō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *ganeisto, gneisto, kneisto, gnanisto, gnaneista, ganeista, gneista (Old High German)
      • geneiste, gneiste, ganeist (Middle High German)
        • Gneist (German)
  • *gahnaistō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *ganeisto, gneisto, kneisto, gnanisto, gnaneista, ganeista, gneista (Old High German)
      • gnaneistra, ganeistra (Old High German)
        • ganeister, geneister (Middle High German)
          • Gneister, Ganster (German)
          • genster (Middle Low German)
  • gneisti (Old Norse)
    • gnist (Danish)
    • neisti (Faroese)
    • gneisti, neisti (Icelandic)
    • gnist (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • gneiste, neiste, neistre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • neist (Scots)
    • gnist, gnista, gnistra (Swedish)
  • neisti (Old Norse)
    • gnist (Danish)
    • neisti (Faroese)
    • gneisti, neisti (Icelandic)
    • gnist (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • gneiste, neiste, neistre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • neist (Scots)
    • gnist, gnista, gnistra (Swedish)
  • hneisti (Old Norse)
    • gnist (Danish)
    • neisti (Faroese)
    • gneisti, neisti (Icelandic)
    • gnist (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • gneiste, neiste, neistre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • neist (Scots)
    • gnist, gnista, gnistra (Swedish)

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