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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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (in the direction of dawn, east).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯s.trɑz/

Adjective

*austraz (comparative *austrōzô, superlative *austrōstaz)

  1. east, eastern

Inflection


Derived terms

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

*nurþraz
*westraz *austraz
*sunþraz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *austr
    • Old English: ēast
      • English: east
    • Old Frisian: āster
    • Old Saxon: ōstar
    • Old High German: ōstar
      • Middle High German: oster

Adverb

*austraz (comparative *austrōz, superlative *austrōst)[2]

  1. east, eastward

See also

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *austr
    • Old English: ēast
      • Middle English: est
      • Old French: est
        • French: est (see there for further descendants)
    • Old High German: ōstar
  • Old Norse: austr

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
  2. 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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