Old Norse gestr

← Old English ġiest (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *gastiz (inherited)

← Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (inherited)

← Old High German gast (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (derived)

→ English guest (derived)

→ Old English giest (cognate)

→ Danish gæst (derived)

→ Middle English gest (derived)

→ Middle English gyst (borrowed)

→ Faroese gestur (inherited)

→ Old High German gast (cognate)

→ Icelandic gestur (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål gjest (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk gjest (derived)

→ Swedish gäst (derived)