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Gnomish

gusta-

verb. to burn (tr.), destroy

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “burn (tr.), destroy” with variants gusta- and husta- derived from the root gudh- (GL/42), the Gnomish form of the early root ᴱ√USU/UŘU [ƷUÐU] (QL/98).

Cognates

  • Eq. usta- “to burn (tr.)”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ƷUÐU “*burn” ✧ GL/42

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gudh > gusta-[guðta-] > [gusta-]✧ GL/42

Variations

  • husta ✧ GL/42

husta-

verb. to burn (tr.), destroy