Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwastuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *gʷes- (“twig; leafwork”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑs.tuz/

Noun

*kwastuz m

tuft; tassel

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *kwastuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kwastuz	*kwastiwiz
vocative	*kwastu	*kwastiwiz
accusative	*kwastų	*kwastunz
genitive	*kwastauz	*kwastiwǫ̂
dative	*kwastiwi	*kwastumaz
instrumental	*kwastū	*kwastumiz

Descendants

Old Frisian: *kwast
- Saterland Frisian: Kwast
- West Frisian: kwast
Old Saxon: *kwast
- Middle Low German: quast, quest
  - German Low German: Quast
Old Dutch: *kwast
- Middle Dutch: quast
  - Dutch: kwast
    - Afrikaans: kwas
Old High German: *quast, *quasta, questa
- Middle High German: quast, quaste, queste, koste, kost
  - German: Queste, Quaste, Quest
Old Norse: *kvǫstr; (kvistr)
- Icelandic: (kvistur)
- Faroese: (kvistur)
- Norwegian: (kvist)
- Old Swedish: kvaster, koster
  - Swedish: kvast; (kvist)
- Danish: kvast, kost; (kvist)
- Middle English: (quist; (twist))
  - Scots: (twist)
  - English: (twist)

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