Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gastihūsą

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 *gastiz +‎ *hūsą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑs.t.ˌxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*gastihūsą n

guesthouse

Inflection

Declension of *gastihūsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gastihūsą	*gastihūsō
vocative	*gastihūsą	*gastihūsō
accusative	*gastihūsą	*gastihūsō
genitive	gastihūsas, gastihūsis	*gastihūsǫ̂
dative	*gastihūsai	*gastihūsamaz
instrumental	*gastihūsō	*gastihūsamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gastihūs
- Old English: ġiesthūs, gasthūs, ġæsthūs, ġesthūs, ġysthūs
  - Middle English: gesthus, gystehus, gessthus, gest hous (partly calqued from Old Norse)
    - English: guesthouse
- Old Frisian: *gasthūs, jesthūs
  - Saterland Frisian: Gasthuus
  - West Frisian: gasthûs
- Old Saxon: gasthūs
  - Middle Low German: gasthûs, gastehûs
    - German Low German: Gasthuus
- Old Dutch: *gasthūs
  - Middle Dutch: gasthuus
    - Dutch: gasthuis
- Old High German: gasthūs
  - Middle High German: gasthūs
    - German: Gasthaus, Gästehaus
Old Norse: gestahús
- Icelandic: gestahús, gistihús
- ⇒ Faroese: gistingarhús
- Norwegian: gjestehus
- Swedish: gästhus
- Danish: gæstehus