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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/austrą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *austraz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯s.trɑ̃/

Noun

*austrą n

  1. east

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *austrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *austrą *austrō
vocative *austrą *austrō
accusative *austrą *austrō
genitive *austras, *austris *austrǫ̂
dative *austrai *austramaz
instrumental *austrō *austramiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *austr
    • Old English: ēast
      • Middle English: est
      • → Old French: est
        • French: est (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Frisian: āst
    • Old Saxon: *ōst
    • Old Dutch: *ōst
    • Old High German: *ōst, ōstar
  • Old Norse:
    Latin script: austr
    Runic script: ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ (austr)
  • Vandalic: *austa- (early), *ōsta- (late)

Adverb

*austrą (comparative *austrōz, superlative *austrōst)[1]

  1. east, eastward

See also

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*austera-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
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