Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaistaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysd-os, from *ǵʰeys- (“to be angry, agitated”). Cognate with Sanskrit हेड (héḍa, “anger”), Lithuanian žei̇̃sti (“to wound”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑi̯s.tɑz/

Noun

*gaistaz m(West Germanic)

  1. terror, fear
  2. spirit, ghost
  3. mind

Inflection

Declension of *gaistaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gaistaz *gaistōz, *gaistōs
vocative *gaist *gaistōz, *gaistōs
accusative *gaistą *gaistanz
genitive *gaistas, *gaistis *gaistǫ̂
dative *gaistai *gaistamaz
instrumental *gaistō *gaistamiz
  • *gaisijaną
  • *gīsnaną
  • *gudīgaz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gaista-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
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