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- +‎ *-teh₂. Alternatively compared to the root *h₁er(h₁)- (“to rest”).

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Noun

*rastō f

interval
(period of) rest

Inflection

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

Related terms

*rustijō

Derived terms

*rastōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rastu
- Old English: ræst, rest
  - Middle English: reste, rest
    - Scots: rest
    - English: rest
- Old Frisian: *raste, *reste
  - Saterland Frisian: Rääst, Räst
  - West Frisian: rêst
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: rastelik, restelik
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: restene
- Old Saxon: rasta, resta
  - Middle Low German: raste, reste
- Old Dutch: *rasta, *resta
  - Middle Dutch: raste, reste, erste (with metathesis)
- Old High German: rasta
  - Middle High German: raste, reste
    - German: Rast
    - Luxembourgish: Rascht
Old Norse: rǫst
- Icelandic: röst
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rost, rast
- Old Swedish: rast, rost
  - Swedish: rast
- Danish: rast
Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰 (rasta)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*rastō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405

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