Where does “gaſt” come from?

gaſt (Old High German) comes 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 (Old High German): guest

Definitions

  1. guest

Ancestry of “gaſt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*gastiguest
2Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “gaſt”

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