Etymograph

English

ageest

Ageest comes from Middle English ageasten ‘to frighten or terrify’, from Old English gǣstan ‘to torment’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gaistijanąreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gaistijanreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150gǣstan‘to torment’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gasten‘to terrify, torment’
  5. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ageasten‘to frighten or terrify’
  6. Englishtodayageest

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gaistijanąreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gaistijanreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150gǣstan‘to torment’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gasten‘to terrify, torment’
  5. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ageasten‘to frighten or terrify’
  6. Englishtodayageest

Linked words

through Middle English gasten ‘to terrify, torment’

gast, 2 more

Today it means

adj afraid, astonished

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną / ageest

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