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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Austrǭ

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

Often cited as deriving from *h₂ews- (“dawn; to dawn”), whence Proto-Balto-Slavic *auštrā́ˀ (“dawn, morning”),[1] however a derivation from *austrą, *auzrą, a metathesized form of *wazrą (“spring (season)”), +‎ *-ǭ, is more semantically plausible.

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

Proper noun

*Austrǭ f[1]

  1. Easter, festival celebrated at the spring equinox
  2. Easter, goddess of spring

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *Austrǭ (ōn-stem)
singular
nominative *Austrǭ
vocative *Austrǭ
accusative *Austrōnų
genitive *Austrōniz
dative *Austrōni
instrumental *Austrōnē

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *Austrā
    • Old English: ēastre, ēastrun, ēastron, ēastru, ēoster, ēster, ēastor, ēastro
      • Middle English: Eestour, Ester, Yestre
        • English: Easter
          • → Chickasaw: Iista'
        • Scots: Easter
    • Old English: Ēastre, Ēostre (“goddess of spring and fertility”)
    • Old Frisian: āsteron
    • Old Saxon: *ōstara, *ōstarūn
      • Middle Low German: ôsteren, ôstern
        • German Low German: Oostern
        • Plautdietsch: Oostren
    • Old High German: ōstra, ōstrūn, ōstarūn
  • → Proto-Slavic:

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