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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/austrōnijaz

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 *austraz + *-ōnijaz, the former from Proto-Indo-European *austero- (eastern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯s.trɔː.ni.jɑz/

Adjective

*austrōnijaz

  1. eastern

Inflection


Coordinate terms

(compass points)

*nurþrōnijaz
*westrōnijaz *austrōnijaz
*sunþrōnijaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *austrōnī
    • Old English: ēasterne
      • Middle English: esterne, esturne, estern, estrin, eestreen, æsterne, estren, estryn
        • English: eastern
        • Scots: estrene, eistrene, eastren
    • >? Old Frisian: āster
    • Old Saxon: ōstrōni
    • Old High German: *ōstrōni
      • Old High German: nordōstrōni
  • Old Norse: austrǿnn, austrœnn
    • Icelandic: austrænn
    • Faroese: eystrønur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: austrøn
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