Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gahnaistō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô, equivalent to *ga- +‎ *hnaistō.

Noun

*gahnaistō m

  1. spark

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *gahnaistō
Genitive *gahnaistini, *gahnaistan
Singular Plural
Nominative *gahnaistō *gahnaistan
Accusative *gahnaistan *gahnaistan
Genitive *gahnaistini, *gahnaistan *gahnaistanō
Dative *gahnaistini, *gahnaistan *gahnaistum
Instrumental *gahnaistini, *gahnaistan *gahnaistum

Descendants

  • 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
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