Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/post

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

Borrowed from Latin postis.

Noun

*post m

post, pedestal

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*post
Genitive	*postas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*post	*postōs
Accusative	*post	*postā
Genitive	*postas	*postō
Dative	*postē	*postum
Instrumental	*postu	*postum

Alternative reconstructions

posti f

Descendants

Old English: post
- Middle English: post, poste
  - English: post
    - → German: Post
  - Scots: post, poist
Old Frisian: post
Old Saxon: post
- Middle Low German: post
  - → Danish: post
  - → Old Swedish: poster
    - Swedish: post
    - → Estonian: post
Old Dutch: *post
- Middle Dutch: post
  - Dutch: post
Old High German: pfost
- Middle High German: pfoste, pfost
  - German: Pfosten