Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kastō

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

Uncertain; possibly from *kas, *kaʀ (“vessel, chest, basket”) +‎ *-þ- +‎ *-ō, or altered under the influence of *kistu (“chest”). Alternatively borrowed from Medieval Latin cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), again, altered by *kistu (“chest”).

Noun

*kastō m

1. box, case

Declension

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kastō
Genitive	*kastini, *kastan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kastō	*kastan
Accusative	*kastan	*kastan
Genitive	*kastini, *kastan	*kastanō
Dative	*kastini, *kastan	*kastum
Instrumental	*kastini, *kastan	*kastum

Derived terms

• *kastanārī
  • Old English: castenere

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *kasto
  • Middle Low German: kaste, kast, kasse, kase
    • German Low German: Kast
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: kasten
      • → Old Frisian: kasten (alternatively borrowed from Middle High German)
    • → Saterland Frisian: Kaaste
    • → West Frisian: kast (alternatively borrowed from Dutch)
• Old Dutch: *casto
  • Middle Dutch: caste, kaste
    • Dutch: kast (see there for further descendants)
  • →⇒ Old French: castiche
    • Middle French: castiche
    • ⇒ Old French: casticheor
      • Middle French: casticheur
    • ⇒ Old French: castichier (verb)
      • Middle French: casticher
    • ⇒ Old French: castichement
• Old High German: kasto
  • Middle High German: kaste
    • Alemannic German: Chaschte, Chaste, Kaschte
    • German: Kasten
    • Yiddish: קאַסטן (kastn)
• → Medieval Latin: castō, chastō (see there for further descendants)