Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/justaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“sap, juice, broth”), from *yewH- (“to blend, mix (food), knead”). Cognate with Latin iūs (“juice, broth”), Welsh uwd (“porridge”), and dialectal Lithuanian jū́šė (“fish soup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjus.tɑz/

Noun

*justaz m

1. cheese

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *justaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*justaz	*justōz, *justōs
vocative	*just	*justōz, *justōs
accusative	*justą	*justanz
genitive	*justas, *justis	*justǫ̂
dative	*justai	*justamaz
instrumental	*justō	*justamiz

Derived terms

• *justijaną

Descendants

• Old Norse: ostr
  • Icelandic: ostur
  • Faroese: ostur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ost
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ost
  • Old Swedish: oster
    • Swedish: ost; ust (dialectal)
  • Danish: ost
• → Proto-Finnic: *juusto
  • Finnish: juusto
  • Estonian: juust
  • Ingrian: juusso
  • Votic: juusso
• → Proto-Samic: *vuostā (see there for further descendants)