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

spark

Inflection

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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

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