Where does “ghast” come from?

ghast (English) comes from English gaſt, from German gaſt, from Middle High German gast, from Old High German gaſt, from Proto-West Germanic *gasti, from Proto-Germanic gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

ghast (English): Alternative form of gast; Having a ghastly...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gast; Having a ghastly...

Ancestry of “ghast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgaſtTo frighten
2Germangaſtguest
3Middle High Germangast—
4Old High Germangaſtguest
5Proto-West Germanic*gastiguest
6Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
8Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “ghast”

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