Reconstruction:Old English/gnast

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This Old English 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.

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *gahnaistō, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*gnāst m

  1. spark

Declension[edit]

Declension of *gnast (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative *gnāst *gnāstas
accusative *gnāst *gnāstas
genitive *gnāstes *gnāsta
dative *gnāste *gnāstum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: gnast, knast, gnaist, gnost
  • ⇒ Old English: fȳrgnāst

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gnaistan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183
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