Where does “gaſt” come from?

gaſt (German) comes 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.

gaſt (German): guest

Definitions

  1. guest

Ancestry of “gaſt”, step by step

gaſt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German gast

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

via Proto-Germanic *gasti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*gasti—

Words derived from “gaſt”

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