Where does “gast” come from?
gast (Middle High German) comes 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.
Ancestry of “gast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | gaſt | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *gasti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “gast”