Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kustārī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin custor +‎ *-ārī and Medieval Latin costurārius.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*kustārī m

(Christianity) churchwarden

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kostārī
Genitive	*kostārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kostārī	kostārijō, kostārijōs
Accusative	*kostārī	*kostārijā
Genitive	*kostārijas	*kostārijō
Dative	*kostārijē	*kostārijum
Instrumental	*kostāriju	*kostārijum

Alternative reconstructions

*kosturārī

Descendants

Old Frisian: kuster
Old Saxon: kostarāri, *kustāri
- Middle Low German: köstere, köster, küstere, küster
  - German Low German: Köster
Old Dutch: *kustarāri, *kustāri
- Middle Dutch: custenaer, gusterer, küstrer, küstner, costere, coster, custer (reinforced by Old French costre)
  - Dutch: koster
Old High German: kustor, kuster
- Middle High German: kuster, küster, kustor, koster
  - German: Küster

References

^ Franck, Johannes (1936) “koster”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff
^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (1954) “kostarāri”, in Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Cologne: Böhlau Verlag, page 43

[1] Franck, Johannes (1936) “koster”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff

[2] Holthausen, Ferdinand (1954) “kostarāri”, in Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Cologne: Böhlau Verlag, page 43

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