The shape *ghos-ti- has been analyzed as a derivative of hypothetical *ǵhes-; the exact ablaut and suffixal analysis remain proposed.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0153proposed derivationproposed
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*ghos-ti-
stranger, guest, host; person with reciprocal duties of hospitality
OPEN NODE 140 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European prehistory · reciprocal exchange hypothesis*ǵhes-
take or give in exchange; hypothetical deeper base of *ghos-ti-
OPEN NODE 164 ↗01
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A take-or-give-in-exchange base could underlie the reciprocal duties attached to the outsider or guest.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
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proposed — Merriam-Webster explicitly calls the deeper base hypothetical; American Heritage and the University of Texas stop at *ghos-ti-.
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Guest — Word HistoryGuest etymology note: hypothetical *ǵhes-
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗The source explicitly labels the deeper exchange-base analysis hypothetical.
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