Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gastihūsą

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 *gastiz +‎ *hūsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑs.t.ˌxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*gastihūsą n

1. guesthouse

Inflection

Declension of *gastihūsą (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*gastihūsą	*gastihūsō
vocative	*gastihūsą	*gastihūsō
accusative	*gastihūsą	*gastihūsō
genitive	*gastihūsas, *gastihūsis	*gastihūsǫ̂
dative	*gastihūsai	*gastihūsamaz
instrumental	*gastihūsō	*gastihūsamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gastihūs
  • Old English: ġiesthūs, gasthūs, ġæsthūs, ġesthūs, ġysthūs
    • Middle English: gesthus, gystehus, gessthus, gest hous (partly calqued from Old Norse)
      • English: guesthouse
  • Old Frisian: *gasthūs, jesthūs
    • Saterland Frisian: Gasthuus
    • West Frisian: gasthûs
  • Old Saxon: gasthūs
    • Middle Low German: gasthûs, gastehûs
      • German Low German: Gasthuus
  • Old Dutch: *gasthūs
    • Middle Dutch: gasthuus
      • Dutch: gasthuis
  • Old High German: gasthūs
    • Middle High German: gasthūs
      • German: Gasthaus, Gästehaus
• Old Norse: gestahús
  • Icelandic: gestahús, gistihús
  • ⇒ Faroese: gistingarhús
  • Norwegian: gjestehus
  • Swedish: gästhus
  • Danish: gæstehus