Where does “gæster” come from?

gæster (Old Swedish) comes 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.

Ancestry of “gæster”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gæster”

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