Where does “wast” come from?
Wast descends from Middle English was, from Proto-Germanic wahstuz, tracing through Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, h₂wes-, h₁ésmi, h₁ésti, and h₁es-, roots expressing existence and being.
wast (English): second-person singular simple past form of be;...
Definitions
- second-person singular simple past form of be;...
Ancestry of “wast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -est | Used to form the superlative of adjectives and... |
| 2 | Middle English | -est | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old English | -est | suffix forming feminine nouns, originally from... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -istaz | -est |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -istHos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yōs | Forms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yoss | — |