Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hlasti

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *hlaþsti, from *hlaþan (“to load”) +‎ *-þi with intrusive *-s-, compare *gresti, *brunsti.

Noun

*hlasti f

1. load, burden

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hlasti
Genitive	*hlastī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hlasti	*hlastī
Accusative	*hlasti	*hlastī
Genitive	*hlastī	*hlastijō
Dative	*hlastī	*hlastim, *hlastijum
Instrumental	*hlastī	*hlastim, *hlastijum

Descendants

• Old English: hlæst
  • Middle English: last
    • English: last
    • Scots: last
    • → Middle French: last (south-western dialects)
  • → Medieval Latin: lastum, lestum
    • ⇒ Medieval Latin: lastagium, lestagium
      • Old French: lastage (see there for further descendants)
• Old Frisian: hlest
  • North Frisian: lest
  • Saterland Frisian: Last
  • West Frisian: lêst
• Old Saxon: *hlast
  • Middle Low German: last
    • Low German: Last
    • → Danish: last
    • → Swedish: last
    • → Norwegian: last
    • → Icelandic: lest
    • → Middle English: lest
      • English: lest
• Old Dutch: *hlast, last
  • Middle Dutch: last
    • Dutch: last
    • ( Afrikaans: las
    • Limburgish: las
• Old High German: hlast, last
  • Middle High German: last
    • Alemannic German: Lascht
    • German: Last
    • Luxembourgish: Laascht
• → Old French: last
  • Middle French: lest
    • French: lest