Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wastijō

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

Alternative forms

• *wastiz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, put on clothes”). The form *wastiz comes directly from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“clothing”).

Noun

*wastijō f

1. dress, garment

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wastijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wastijō	*wastijôz
vocative	*wastijō	*wastijôz
accusative	*wastijǭ	*wastijōz
genitive	*wastijōz	*wastijǫ̂
dative	*wastijōi	*wastijōmaz
instrumental	*wastijō	*wastijōmiz

Related terms

• *wazą
• *wazjaną
• *wesalą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wastiju, *wasti
  • Old English: *wæste, *wæst
    • ⇒ Old English: wæstling
  • Old Saxon: *westia, *west, *westara
    • Middle Low German: wester
  • Old Dutch: *westa, *west, *westara
    • Middle Dutch: wester
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: westercleet
  • Old High German: *westa, *west, *westara
    • Middle High German: wester
      • German: Wester
    • ⇒ Old High German: westarwāt
    • ⇒ Old High German: westibarn
  • → Old French: *gueste
    • Middle French: guestes, guiestres (plural)
      • French: guêtre
        • → English: gaiter
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 (wasti) (alternatively from Proto-Germanic *wastiz)