*kwastuz

Runic: ᚲᚹᚨᛊᛏᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑs.tuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

tuft
tassel

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos (‘piece of wood’), which seems like a nominal derivative from a root *gʷes- (‘twig; leafwork’). Compare Proto-Celtic *buzdos (‘tail, penis’) (whence Middle Irish bot (‘tail, penis’), Welsh both (‘hub, nave’)), Albanian gjeth (‘leaf, foliage’), Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (‘nail, tack, peg’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kwastuz	kwastiwiz
Acc.	kwastų	kwastunz
Gen.	kwastauz	kwastiwǫ̂
Dat.	kwastiwi	kwastumaz
Inst.	kwastū	kwastumiz
Voc.	kwastu	kwastiwiz

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Descendants

*kwastu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwast (Old Dutch)
  - quast (Middle Dutch)
    - kwast (Dutch)
      - kwas (Afrikaans)
*kwastu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwast (Old Frisian)
  - Kwast (Saterland Frisian)
  - kwast (West Frisian)
*kwastu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *quast, *quasta, questa (Old High German)
  - quast, quaste, queste, koste, kost (Middle High German)
    - Queste, Quaste, Quest (German)
*kwastu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwast (Old Saxon)
  - quast, quest (Middle Low German)
    - Quast (German Low German)
*kwasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwast (Old Dutch)
  - quast (Middle Dutch)
    - kwast (Dutch)
      - kwas (Afrikaans)
*kwasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwast (Old Frisian)
  - Kwast (Saterland Frisian)
  - kwast (West Frisian)
*kwasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- *quast, *quasta, questa (Old High German)
  - quast, quaste, queste, koste, kost (Middle High German)
    - Queste, Quaste, Quest (German)
*kwasti (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwast (Old Saxon)
  - quast, quest (Middle Low German)
    - Quast (German Low German)
*kvǫstr (Old Norse)
- kvistur (Faroese)
- kvistur (Icelandic)
- kvist (Norwegian Bokmål)
- kvist (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*kvǫstr (Old Norse)
- kvast, kost, kvist (Danish)
  - kost (Norwegian Bokmål)
*kvǫstr (Old Norse)
- quist, twist (Middle English)
  - twist (English)
  - twist (Scots)
*kvǫstr (Old Norse)
- kvaster, koster (Old Swedish)
  - kvast, kvist (Swedish)
kvistr (Old Norse)
- kvistur (Faroese)
- kvistur (Icelandic)
- kvist (Norwegian Bokmål)
- kvist (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kvistr (Old Norse)
- kvast, kost, kvist (Danish)
  - kost (Norwegian Bokmål)
kvistr (Old Norse)
- quist, twist (Middle English)
  - twist (English)
  - twist (Scots)
kvistr (Old Norse)
- kvaster, koster (Old Swedish)
  - kvast, kvist (Swedish)

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