N. gwest n. “oath” (Category: Oath)

N. gwest, n. “oath” (Category: Oath)

References ✧ Ety/WED

Glosses

• “oath” ✧ Ety/WED

Variations

• gwest ✧ Ety/WED

Inflections

#west

soft-mutation; gw-mutation

✧ Ety/WED

Element In

• N. gowest “contract, compact, treaty” ✧ Ety/WED

Cognates

• ᴹQ. vesta² “contract” ✧ Ety/WED (vesta)

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶wedtā “contract” ✧ Ety/WED (wed-tā)
  • < ᴹ√WED “bind” ✧ Ety/WED

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶wed-tā > gwest

[wedtā] > [westā] > [westa] > [gwesta] > [gwest]

✧ Ety/WED