Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gostь

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gastis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gastiz and Latgalian gosts.

    Noun

    *gȍstь m[1][2]

    1. guest

    Inflection

    Declension of *gȍstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *gȍstь *gȍsti *gȍstьjē, *gȍsťē*
    genitive *gostí *gostьjù, *gosťu* *gostь̀jь
    dative *gȍsti *gostьmà *gȍstьmъ
    accusative *gȍstь *gȍsti *gȍsti
    instrumental *gȍstьmь *gostьmà *gostьmì
    locative *gostí *gostьjù, *gosťu* *gȍstьxъ
    vocative *gosti *gȍsti *gȍstьjē, *gȍsťē*

    * The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

    Derived terms

    • *gostinъ (“guest's, guest-”)
    • *gostiti (“to host”)
    • *gostina (“hospitality”)
    • *gostьba (“dish”)
    • *gosti (“female guest”)

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гость”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gȏstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180: “m. i (c) ‘guest’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “gostь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 138)”
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