Old English guest forms continue reconstructed Germanic *gastiz / *gasti-, alongside Old Saxon and Old High German gast, Old Norse gestr, and Gothic gasts.
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giest / gyst / gest / gæst
guest or stranger
OPEN NODE 144 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic prehistory · reciprocal outsider*gastiz
guest or stranger
OPEN NODE 145 ↗01
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The Germanic family preserves guest and stranger senses.
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probable — The Proto-Germanic form is reconstructed and notation varies slightly by source.
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Guest — Word HistoryGermanic *gasti- and cognates
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Indo-European Root ghos-ti-Germanic *gastiz
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Indo-European Lexicon: ghosti-sGermanic reflexes
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗03
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