Where does “гастарбайтер” come from?
гастарбайтер (Russian) comes from German Gastarbeiter, from German gaſt, from Middle High German gast, 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.
гастарбайтер (Russian): guest worker, migrant worker
Definitions
- guest worker, migrant worker
Ancestry of “гастарбайтер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gastarbeiter | guest worker, migrant worker, foreign worker |
| 2 | German | gaſt | guest |
| 3 | Middle High German | gast | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gaſt | guest |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *gasti | guest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |