Where does “גאַסט” come from?

גאַסט (Yiddish) comes 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.

גאַסט (Yiddish): guest

Definitions

  1. guest

Ancestry of “גאַסט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangaſtguest
2Proto-West Germanic*gastiguest
3Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
5Proto-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 →