Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/post

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

Borrowed from Latin postis.

Noun

*post m

1. post, pedestal

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*post
Genitive	*postas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*post	*postō, *postōs
Accusative	*post	*postā
Genitive	*postas	*postō
Dative	*postē	*postum
Instrumental	*postu	*postum

Alternative reconstructions

• posti f

Descendants

• Old English: post
  • Middle English: post, poste
    • English: post
      • → German: Post
    • Scots: post, poist
• Old Frisian: post
• Old Saxon: post
  • Middle Low German: post
    • → Danish: post
    • → Old Swedish: poster
      • Swedish: post
      • → Estonian: post
• Old Dutch: *post
  • Middle Dutch: post
    • Dutch: post
• Old High German: pfost
  • Middle High German: pfoste, pfost
    • German: Pfosten