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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/austraz

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

From Pre-Germanic *h₂éwsros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯s.trɑz/

Adjective

*austraz (comparative *austrōzô, superlative *austrōstaz)

  1. east, eastern

Inflection


Derived terms

See also

Descendants

  • Old English: ēast
  • Old Frisian: āster
  • Old High German: *ōstar
    • Middle High German: oster

References

  1. Gąsiorowski, Piotr (2012), “The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →DOI, →ISSN
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