Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nest

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

Alternative forms

• *nist

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nestą.

Noun

*nest n

1. nest

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nest
Genitive	*nestas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nest	*nestu
Accusative	*nest	*nestu
Genitive	*nestas	*nestō
Dative	*nestē	*nestum
Instrumental	*nestu	*nestum

Derived terms

• *nestōn
• *nistijan

Descendants

• Old English: nest
  • Middle English: nest, neste, nist, nyst, neest
    • English: nest
    • Scots: nest
    • Yola: naesth
• Old Frisian: *nest
  • Saterland Frisian: Nääst
  • West Frisian: nêst, nust
• Old Saxon: *nest
  • Middle Low German: nest
    • German Low German: Nest
    • Plautdietsch: Nast
    • → Swedish: näste
• Old Dutch: nest
  • Middle Dutch: nest
    • Dutch: nest
      • Afrikaans: nes
      • Negerhollands: nest, nes
      • → Papiamentu: nèshi, nèishi, nesji
    • ⇒ Limburgish: ès (rebracketing)
• Old High German: nest
  • Middle High German: nest, nist
    • Bavarian: Nest
      • ⇒ Cimbrian: èst (rebracketing)
    • Central Franconian: Ness, Nest, Nöss, Nöst, Nost (all < nist)
      • Hunsrik: Nist
      • Luxembourgish: Nascht
    • German: Nest
    • Rhine Franconian: Nest, Nescht, Nischt (last < nist)
      • Pennsylvania German: Nescht
    • Vilamovian: naost
    • Yiddish: נעסט (nest)