Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Harjagastiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *gastiz (“guest”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.riˌɣɑs.tiz/

Proper noun

*Harjagastiz m

a male given name
- c. 450 BC–350 BC, inscription on the Negau helmet:
  ‮𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌙𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀///𐌉𐌐
  hariχastiteiva\\\ip
  Harigasti teiw(a) [?]
  Harigast the priest / o, Harigast, divine one^[1]

Usage notes

Attested on the Negau helmet from around 450 BC–350 BC, written in a northern Etruscan alphabet.

Declension

Declension of *Harjagastiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Harjagastiz	*Harjagastīz
vocative	*Harjagasti	*Harjagastīz
accusative	*Harjagastį	*Harjagastinz
genitive	*Harjagastīz	*Harjagastijǫ̂
dative	*Harjagastī	*Harjagastimaz
instrumental	*Harjagastī	*Harjagastimiz

Descendants

Old High German: Herigast
- → Old Danish: Heriest, Hæryst
Proto-Norse: *ᚺᚨᚱᛁᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*harigastiʀ)
- Old Norse: *Hergestr
  - → Icelandic: Hergestur (learned)
  - >? Norwegian: Hergjest (mainly a new construction from the same elements)
  - → Swedish: Härgäst (learned)
  - → Danish: Hærgæst (learned)

References

^ Alfred Bammesberger (1994) “The development of the runic script and its relationship to Germanic phonological history”, in Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective, page 5

[1] Alfred Bammesberger (1994) “The development of the runic script and its relationship to Germanic phonological history”, in Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective, page 5

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