Where does “gastiz” come from?

gastiz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

gastiz (Proto-Germanic): stranger, guest

Definitions

  1. stranger, guest

Ancestry of “gastiz”, step by step

gastiz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
2Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Proto-Germanic gʰóstis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgʰóstis—

Words derived from “gastiz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →