The first member *ghos- of *ghos-pot- continues the *ghos-ti- guest/stranger base; the compound also contains *pot- “master.”
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0123compound componentprobable
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A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
*ghos-pot-
guest-master; person embodying a reciprocal hospitality relationship
OPEN NODE 139 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European prehistory · reciprocal outsider*ghos-ti-
stranger, guest, host; person with reciprocal duties of hospitality
OPEN NODE 140 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The reciprocal outsider becomes the “guest-master,” the person who stands for mutual duties of hospitality.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage Indo-European Roots
probable — The compound analysis is reconstructed and has a separate *pot- component edge in the canonical graph.
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Host — Word History*ghosti-pot- analysis
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Indo-European Root ghos-ti-*ghos-pot- compound
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Identifies both the guest base and *pot- “master.”
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EDITORIAL REUSE
WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS
RELATION / 244hospice
*ghos-pot- → *ghos-ti-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 140hospital*ghos-pot- → *ghos-ti-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 370hospitality*ghos-pot- → *ghos-ti-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 122host*ghos-pot- → *ghos-ti-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 238hostel*ghos-pot- → *ghos-ti-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 148hotel*ghos-pot- → *ghos-ti-
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