Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kustuz

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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkus.tuz/

Noun

*kustuz m[1]

  1. trial, choice

Inflection

Declension of *kustuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kustuz *kustiwiz
vocative *kustu *kustiwiz
accusative *kustų *kustunz
genitive *kustauz *kustiwǫ̂
dative *kustiwi *kustumaz
instrumental *kustū *kustumiz

Descendants

  • Old English: cost (possibly also from Old Norse); cyst m
  • Old Frisian: kest
  • Old Saxon: *cust , kust
  • Old Dutch: *kust
    • Middle Dutch: cust
      • Dutch: kust (archaic)
  • Old High German: *kust
    • Middle High German: kust
      • German: Kust m (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: kostr
  • Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (kustus)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kustu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
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