Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kastō

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

Uncertain; possibly from *kas, *kaʀ (“vessel, chest, basket”) +‎ *-þ- +‎ *-ō, or altered under the influence of *kistu (“chest”).[1] Alternatively borrowed from Medieval Latin cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), again, altered by *kistu (“chest”).

Noun

*kastō m

  1. box, case

Declension

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *kastō
Genitive *kastini, *kastan
Singular Plural
Nominative *kastō *kastan
Accusative *kastan *kastan
Genitive *kastini, *kastan *kastanō
Dative *kastini, *kastan *kastum
Instrumental *kastini, *kastan *kastum

Derived terms

  • *kastanārī
    • Old English: castenere

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *kasto
    • Middle Low German: kaste, kast, kasse, kase
      • German Low German: Kast
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: kasten
        • → Old Frisian: kasten (alternatively borrowed from Middle High German)
      • → Saterland Frisian: Kaaste
      • → West Frisian: kast (alternatively borrowed from Dutch)
  • Old Dutch: *casto
    • Middle Dutch: caste, kaste
      • Dutch: kast (see there for further descendants)
    • →⇒ Old French: castiche
      • Middle French: castiche
      • ⇒ Old French: casticheor
        • Middle French: casticheur
      • ⇒ Old French: castichier (verb)
        • Middle French: casticher
      • ⇒ Old French: castichement
  • Old High German: kasto
  • → Medieval Latin: castō, chastō (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “kast”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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