Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unsti

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *undiz, remodelled by analogy with other nouns in *-sti.

Noun

*unsti f^[1]

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unsti
Genitive	*unstī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unsti	*unstī
Accusative	*unsti	*unstī
Genitive	*unstī	*unstijō
Dative	*unstī	unstim, unstijum
Instrumental	*unstī	unstim, unstijum

Derived terms

*abunsti

Descendants

⇒ Old Frisian: gunst
- North Frisian: gunst, ginst
Old Saxon: unst
- → Swedish: ynnest
- → Danish: yndest
⇒ Old Dutch: *gunst
- Middle Dutch: gonst, gunst
  - Dutch: gunst
    - Afrikaans: guns
Old High German: unst
- Middle High German: unst
  - ⇒ Middle High German: gunst
    - German: Gunst
    - Luxembourgish: Gonscht

Etymology 2

Probably a nominal formation in *-sti from the zero-grade of Proto-Germanic *ananą (“to breathe”).^[2]

Noun

*unsti f^[3]

storm

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unsti
Genitive	*unstī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unsti	*unstī
Accusative	*unsti	*unstī
Genitive	*unstī	*unstijō
Dative	*unstī	unstim, unstijum
Instrumental	*unstī	unstim, unstijum

Descendants

Old English: ȳst
Old Saxon: ūst
Old High German: unst (in glosses)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*unsti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 560
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*unsti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 560

[3] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *unsti”

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