Where does “gost” come from?

gost (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic gȍstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gastis, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

gost (Serbo-Croatian): guest

Definitions

  1. guest

Ancestry of “gost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgȍstьguest
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgastisguest
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “gost”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic gastis →