*gastiz

Runic: ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɑs.tiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

stranger, guest

Etymology

Possibly attested as -gasti- (in Harigasti-, 450–350 BCE, Negau), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (‘stranger, guest’). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *gastis, Latin hostis.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	gastiz	gastīz
Acc.	gastį	gastinz
Gen.	gastīz	gastijǫ̂
Dat.	gastī	gastimaz
Inst.	gastī	gastimiz
Voc.	gasti	gastīz

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Descendants

*gasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġiest (Old English)
- jest (Old Frisian)
*gasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gast (Old Dutch)
  - gast (Middle Dutch)
    - gast (Dutch)
      - gas (Afrikaans)
*gasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- gast (Old High German)
  - gast (Middle High German)
    - Gåst (Bavarian)
    - Gaascht (Luxembourgish)
    - gost (Vilamovian)
    - גאַסט (gast) (Yiddish)
*gasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- gast (Old High German)
  - gast (Middle High German)
    - Gast (German)
      - gasto (Esperanto)
*gasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- gast (Old Saxon)
  - gast (Middle Low German)
    - Gaust (Plautdietsch)
    - Gast (Saterland Frisian)
    - gast (West Frisian)
    - ? (Westphalian)
*ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- gestr (Old Norse)
  - gestur (Faroese)
  - gestur (Icelandic)
  - gjest (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - gjest (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- gestr (Old Norse)
  - gest, geste, gist, geast, gyst (Middle English)
    - guest (English)
    - guest (Scots)
*ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- gestr (Old Norse)
  - gæst (Old Danish)
    - gæst (Danish)
*ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- gestr (Old Norse)
  - gæster (Old Swedish)
    - gäst (Swedish)
𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts) (Gothic)

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