## AI Etymology
gust comes from Old Norse gustr ('a gust, blast'), related to gjósa ('to gush, burst forth'), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz. The path is chiefly one of transmission: the word passes through the named languages and forms, with each stage preserving part of the modern shape. In present English, the noun sense is "a sudden strong rush of wind", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also remains productive in derivatives such as gusty, gustily, and gustiness. Its semantic neighborhood includes blast, squall, flurry, and puff, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old Norse gustr and Proto-Germanic *gustiz.

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