Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nest

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

Alternative forms

*nist

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nestą.

Noun

*nest n

nest

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nest
Genitive	*nestas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nest	*nestu
Accusative	*nest	*nestu
Genitive	*nestas	*nestō
Dative	*nestē	*nestum
Instrumental	*nestu	*nestum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: nest
- Middle English: nest, neste, nist, nyst, neest
  - English: nest
  - Scots: nest
  - Yola: naesth
Old Frisian: *nest
- Saterland Frisian: Nääst
- West Frisian: nêst, nust
Old Saxon: *nest
- Middle Low German: nest
  - German Low German: Nest
  - Plautdietsch: Nast
  - → Swedish: näste
Old Dutch: nest
- Middle Dutch: nest
  - Dutch: nest
    - Afrikaans: nes
    - Negerhollands: nest, nes
    - → Papiamentu: nèshi, nèishi, nesji
  - ⇒ Limburgish: ès (rebracketing)
Old High German: nest
- Middle High German: nest, nist
  - Bavarian: Nest
    - ⇒ Cimbrian: èst (rebracketing)
  - Central Franconian: Ness, Nest, Nöss, Nöst, Nost (all < nist)
    - Hunsrik: Nist
    - Luxembourgish: Nascht
  - German: Nest
  - Rhine Franconian: Nest, Nescht, Nischt (last < nist)
    - Pennsylvania German: Nescht
  - Vilamovian: naost
  - Yiddish: נעסט (nest)