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.[1]

Noun

*rastō f[2]

  1. interval
  2. (period of) rest

Inflection

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

Derived terms

  • *rastōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *rastu
    • Old English: ræst, rest
    • Old Frisian: *raste, *reste
      • Saterland Frisian: Rääst, Räst
      • West Frisian: rêst
      • ⇒ Old Frisian: rastelik, restelik
      • ⇒ Old Frisian: restene
    • Old Saxon: rasta, resta
    • Old Dutch: *rasta, *resta
    • Old High German: rasta
  • Old Norse: rǫst
  • Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰 (rasta)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rastō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rastō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298
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