Harigasti-

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *gastiz (“guest”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.riˌɣɑs.ti-/

Proper noun

Harigasti- m

  1. a male given name
    • c. 450 BC–350 BC, inscription on the Negau helmet:
      ‮𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌙𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀///𐌉𐌐
      harigastiteiva\\\ip
      Harigasti teiw(a) [?]
      Harigast the priest / o, Harigast, divine one[1]

Usage notes

Attested on the Negau helmet from around 450 BC–350 BC, written in a northern Etruscan alphabet.

Descendants
  • Old High German: Herigast
    • → Old Danish: Heriest, Hæryst
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚺᚨᚱᛁᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*harigastiʀ)
    • Old Norse: *Hergestr
      • → Icelandic: Hergestur (learned)
      • >? Norwegian: Hergjest (mainly a new construction from the same elements)
      • → Swedish: Härgäst (learned)
      • → Danish: Hærgæst (learned)

References
  1. Alfred Bammesberger (1994), “The development of the runic script and its relationship to Germanic phonological history”, in Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective, page 5
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