Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gahnaistō

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

From Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô, equivalent to *ga- +‎ *hnaistō.

Noun

*gahnaistō m

1. spark

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gahnaistō
Genitive	*gahnaistini, *gahnaistan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gahnaistō	*gahnaistan
Accusative	*gahnaistan	*gahnaistan
Genitive	*gahnaistini, *gahnaistan	*gahnaistanō
Dative	*gahnaistini, *gahnaistan	*gahnaistum
Instrumental	*gahnaistini, *gahnaistan	*gahnaistum

Descendants

• Old English: *gnāst
  • Middle English: gnast, knast, gnaist, gnost
    • English: gnast
  • ⇒ Old English: fȳrgnāst
• ⇒ Old Dutch: *ganēstra, *ganistra
  • Middle Dutch: ghenstere, genster, genstere, genstere, genster, geenster, geenstere, geinstere, genstre, geister
    • Dutch: genster, geinster
      • → West Frisian: geinster
• Old High German: *ganeisto, gneisto, kneisto, gnanisto m, gnaneista, ganeista, gneista f
  • Middle High German: geneiste, gneiste, ganeist m or f
    • German: Gneist
  • ⇒ Old High German: gnaneistra, ganeistra f
    • Middle High German: ganeister, geneister
      • German: Gneister, Ganster
      • → Middle Low German: genster