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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/auštrā́ˀ
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éws-r̥-h₂ ~ *h₂us-r-és, from *h₂ews- (“dawn; to dawn”). Cognate with Sanskrit उस्रा (usrā́, “dawn, morning”), Ancient Greek αὔρᾱ (aúrā, “morning air”), and perhaps further Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ (“Easter”), and Albanian err (“darkness”).
Alternative reconstructions
- *aušrā́ˀ, *uštrā́ˀ
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