Where does “gost” come from?

gost (Vilamovian) comes 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.

gost (Vilamovian): guest

Definitions

  1. guest

Ancestry of “gost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangast—
2Old High Germangaſtguest
3Proto-West Germanic*gastiguest
4Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis →Every word from Proto-Germanic gastiz →