Where does “*gasti” come from?

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

*gasti (Proto-West Germanic): guest

Definitions

  1. guest

Ancestry of “*gasti”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*gasti”

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