English
gasthaus
Gasthaus comes from German Gasthaus ‘restaurant, inn, guesthouse’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *gastahūsą.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gastahūsąreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gastahūsreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050gasthūs
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Germanc. 1650–presentGasthaus‘restaurant, inn, guesthouse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1948gasthaus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gastahūsąreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gastahūsreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050gasthūs
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Germanc. 1650–presentGasthaus‘restaurant, inn, guesthouse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1948gasthaus
Earliest quotation: 1948, Bulletin of the Judge Advocate General o: “C testified that after the suggestion that they go…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *gastahūsą
Today it means
noun A German inn or guesthouse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gastahūsą / gasthaus