Where does “Stammgast” come from?

Stammgast (German) comes 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.

Stammgast (German): regular (visitor), patron a frequent, routine visitor to an establishment

Definitions

  1. regular (visitor), patron a frequent, routine visitor to an establishment

Ancestry of “Stammgast”, step by step

Stammgast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gaſt

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

via German Stamm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStammtree trunk, main stem of a plant but never used of thin stalks or twigs
2Middle High Germanstam—
3Old High Germanstam—
4Proto-Germanicstamnaz—
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “Stammgast”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis →Every word from Proto-Germanic gastiz →
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