Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rastō

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

According to Kroonen, from the same root as *rēsōną (“to rush”) and *rēsō (“running, course, rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hre(h₁)s- (“to flow, rush”) +‎ *-teh₂. Alternatively compared to the root *h₁er(h₁)- (“to rest”), though Kroonen does not favor this latter theory.

Noun

*rastō f

1. interval
2. (period of) rest

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *rastō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rastō	*rastôz
vocative	*rastō	*rastôz
accusative	*rastǭ	*rastōz
genitive	*rastōz	*rastǫ̂
dative	*rastōi	*rastōmaz
instrumental	*rastō	*rastōmiz

Related terms

• *rustijō

Derived terms

• *rastōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rastu
  • Old English: ræst, rest
    • Middle English: reste, rest
      • Scots: rest
      • English: rest
  • Old Frisian: *raste, *reste
    • Saterland Frisian: Rääst, Räst
    • West Frisian: rêst
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: rastelik, restelik
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: restene
  • Old Saxon: rasta, resta
    • Middle Low German: raste, reste
  • Old Dutch: *rasta, *resta
    • Middle Dutch: raste, reste, (with metathesis) erste
      • Dutch: rast, ras (dialectal)
  • Old High German: rasta
    • Middle High German: raste, reste
      • German: Rast
      • Luxembourgish: Rascht
• Old Norse: rǫst
  • Icelandic: röst
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rost, rast
  • Old Swedish: rast, rost
    • Swedish: rast
  • Danish: rast
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰 (rasta)