Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gahnaistô

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 *ga- +‎ *hnaistô.

Noun

*gahnaistô m

  1. spark

Inflection

Declension of *gahnaistô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gahnaistô *gahnaistaniz
vocative *gahnaistô *gahnaistaniz
accusative *gahnaistanų *gahnaistanunz
genitive *gahnaistiniz *gahnaistanǫ̂
dative *gahnaistini *gahnaistammaz
instrumental *gahnaistinē *gahnaistammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gahnaistō
    • Old English: *gnāst
      • Middle English: gnast, gnost, gnoste, knast
        • English: gnast (obsolete)
        • ⇒? English: snaste, snast, snaist, snaast, sneeste, sneest, snace, snaice, sneeze, snaich
      • ⇒ Old English: fȳrgnāst
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: *ganēstra, *ganistra
      • Middle Dutch: ghenstere, genster, genstere, genstere, genster, geenster, geenstere, geinstere, genstre, geister
        • Dutch: genster, geinster
          • → West Frisian: geinster
    • Old High German: *ganeisto, gneisto, kneisto, gnanisto m, gnaneista, ganeista, gneista f
      • Middle High German: geneiste, gneiste, ganeist m or f
        • German: Gneist
      • ⇒ Old High German: gnaneistra, ganeistra f
        • Middle High German: ganeister, geneister
          • German: Gneister, Ganster
          • → Middle Low German: genster
  • Old Norse: gneisti, neisti, hneisti
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