Germanic *gastiz continues *ghos-ti-, with the Germanic reflex showing the inherited consonant and vowel developments represented across the cognate set.
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*gastiz
guest or stranger
OPEN NODE 145 ↗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
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A reciprocal outsider or stranger specializes as the guest.
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Merriam-Webster · American Heritage Indo-European Roots · University of Texas LRC
probable — The Indo-European form is reconstructed from a geographically limited set of branches.
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Guest — Word Historydialectal Indo-European *ghost-i-
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Indo-European Root ghos-ti-ghos-ti- root
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Indo-European Lexicon: ghosti-sPokorny ghosti-s
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗03
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