*kwistiz

Runic: ᚲᚹᛁᛊᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkʷis.tiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

damage, destruction

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes- (‘extinguish, quell’). Cognate with Sanskrit जासयति (jāsáyati) (jāsayati, ‘to exhaust’), Lithuanian gęstù (‘to extinguish, to go out’), Irish bás (‘death’) and Old Church Slavonic оугасити (ugasiti) (ugasiti, ‘to extinguish’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kwistizkwistīz
Acc.kwistįkwistinz
Gen.kwistīzkwistijǫ̂
Dat.kwistīkwistimaz
Inst.kwistīkwistimiz
Voc.kwistikwistīz

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Descendants

  • *kwisti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kwist, quist (Old High German)
  • *kwisti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *quist (Old Dutch)
      • quist (Middle Dutch)
  • *kwisti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *quist (Old Saxon)
      • quist (Middle Low German)
  • *𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*qists) (Gothic)
    • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraqistnan) (Gothic)

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