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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵéwstus

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *ǵews- (“to try, to taste”) +‎ *-tus.

Noun

*ǵéwstus m [1]

  1. taste

Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *ǵéwstus
genitive *ǵustéws
singular dual plural
nominative *ǵéwstus *ǵéwstuh₁(e) *ǵéwstewes
vocative *ǵéwstu *ǵéwstuh₁(e) *ǵéwstewes
accusative *ǵéwstum *ǵéwstuh₁(e) *ǵéwstums
genitive *ǵustéws *? *ǵustéwoHom
ablative *ǵustéws *? *ǵustúmos
dative *ǵustéwey *? *ǵustúmos
locative *ǵustéw, *ǵustéwi *? *ǵustúsu
instrumental *ǵustúh₁ *? *ǵustúbʰi

Descendants
  • Celtic: *gustus
  • Germanic: *kustuz[2] (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian: *ĵúštuš
    • Iranian: *ĵúštuš
      • Kurdish: çêj (“taste”)
  • Italic: *gustus[3] (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kustu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “gustus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 276
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