Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “gaist”
103 words across 18 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic gaist — including ghost, ghostlike, zeitgeist, poltergeist, ghosting, ghostwriter, ghostwritten, geist.
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English (46)
- ghost
- ghostlike
- zeitgeist
- poltergeist
- ghosting
- ghostwriter
- ghostwritten
- geist
- gost
- ghostie
- ghosty
- ghostland
- ghostess
- ghostbuster
- ghosthood
- ghosthunting
- ghostbusting
- ghostlore
- ghostology
- zeitgeisty
- ghosthunter
- ghastness
- ghostfish
- ghoster
- poltergeistlike
- ghostling
- unghost
- ghosthunt
- antighost
- poltergeistic
- ghostflower
- ghost island
- ghostball
- zeitgeistily
- poltergeistism
- poltergeisty
- beghost
- ghostkind
- ghosten
- ghostiness
- ghostologist
- ghostological
- ghost call
- ghostish
- ghostsome
- wereghost