*nestą^¹

Runic: ᚾᛖᛊᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈnes.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

nest

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (‘seat’) with a change to the neuter gender.

The vocalism e < i (apparently from a-mutation) uncommonly prevails in most descendants, including the oldest stages (matched only by *weraz). Forms with i are attested in Middle English and Middle High German, however. These may be either old variants or analogical formations after West Germanic *nistijan (‘to nest’), *ganistī (collective).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	nestą	nestō
Acc.	nestą	nestō
Gen.	nestas, nestis	nestǫ̂
Dat.	nestai	nestamaz
Inst.	nestō	nestamiz
Voc.	nestą	nestō

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Descendants

*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old Dutch)
  - nest (Middle Dutch)
    - ès (Limburgish)
*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old Dutch)
  - nest (Middle Dutch)
    - nest (Dutch)
      - nes (Afrikaans)
      - nest, nes (Negerhollands)
      - nèshi, nèishi, nesji (Papiamentu)
*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old English)
  - nest, neste, nist, nyst, neest (Middle English)
    - nest (English)
    - nest (Scots)
    - naesth (Yola)
*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nest (Old Frisian)
  - Nääst (Saterland Frisian)
  - nêst, nust (West Frisian)
*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old High German)
  - nest, nist (Middle High German)
    - Nest (German)
    - naost (Vilamovian)
    - נעסט (nest) (Yiddish)
*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old High German)
  - nest, nist (Middle High German)
    - Nest (Bavarian)
      - èst (Cimbrian)
*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old High German)
  - nest, nist (Middle High German)
    - Ness, Nest, Nöss, Nöst, Nost (Central Franconian)
      - Nist (Hunsrik)
      - Nascht (Luxembourgish)
*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old High German)
  - nest, nist (Middle High German)
    - Nest, Nescht, Nischt (Rhine Franconian)
      - Nescht (Pennsylvania German)
*nest (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nest (Old Saxon)
  - nest (Middle Low German)
    - Nest (German Low German)
    - Nast (Plautdietsch)
    - näste (Swedish)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old Dutch)
  - nest (Middle Dutch)
    - ès (Limburgish)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old Dutch)
  - nest (Middle Dutch)
    - nest (Dutch)
      - nes (Afrikaans)
      - nest, nes (Negerhollands)
      - nèshi, nèishi, nesji (Papiamentu)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old English)
  - nest, neste, nist, nyst, neest (Middle English)
    - nest (English)
    - nest (Scots)
    - naesth (Yola)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nest (Old Frisian)
  - Nääst (Saterland Frisian)
  - nêst, nust (West Frisian)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old High German)
  - nest, nist (Middle High German)
    - Nest (German)
    - naost (Vilamovian)
    - נעסט (nest) (Yiddish)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old High German)
  - nest, nist (Middle High German)
    - Nest (Bavarian)
      - èst (Cimbrian)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old High German)
  - nest, nist (Middle High German)
    - Ness, Nest, Nöss, Nöst, Nost (Central Franconian)
      - Nist (Hunsrik)
      - Nascht (Luxembourgish)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- nest (Old High German)
  - nest, nist (Middle High German)
    - Nest, Nescht, Nischt (Rhine Franconian)
      - Nescht (Pennsylvania German)
*nist (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nest (Old Saxon)
  - nest (Middle Low German)
    - Nest (German Low German)
    - Nast (Plautdietsch)
    - näste (Swedish)

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