Where does “samkvæmisgestur” come from?

samkvæmisgestur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic Gestur, from Old Norse gestr, from Proto-Norse ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ, from Proto-Germanic gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

samkvæmisgestur (Icelandic): guest at a party or celebration

Definitions

  1. guest at a party or celebration

Ancestry of “samkvæmisgestur”, step by step

samkvæmisgestur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic Gestur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicGesturguest
2Old Norsegestrguest
3Proto-Norseᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉguest
4Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Icelandic samkvæmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsamkvæmiparty, celebration
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis →Every word from Proto-Germanic gastiz →
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