Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gahnaistô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *ga- +‎ *hnaistô.

Noun

*gahnaistô m

1. spark

Inflection

Declension of *gahnaistô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gahnaistô	*gahnaistaniz
Vocative	*gahnaistô	*gahnaistaniz
Accusative	*gahnaistanų	*gahnaistanunz
Genitive	*gahnaistiniz	*gahnaistanǫ̂
Dative	*gahnaistini	*gahnaistammaz
Instrumental	*gahnaistinē	*gahnaistammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gahnaistō
  • 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
• Old Norse: gneisti, neisti, hneisti
  • Icelandic: gneisti, neisti
  • Faroese: neisti
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gnist
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gneiste, neiste, neistre
  • Swedish: gnist, gnista, gnistra
  • Danish: gnist
  • → Scots: neist