Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/austrą

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

Derived from *austraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯s.trɑ̃/

Noun

*austrą n

1. east

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *austrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*austrą	*austrō
vocative	*austrą	*austrō
accusative	*austrą	*austrō
genitive	*austras, *austris	*austrǫ̂
dative	*austrai	*austramaz
instrumental	*austrō	*austramiz

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

	*nurþrą
*westrą		*austrą
	*sunþrą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *austr
  • Old English: ēast m, ēaste f
    • Middle English: est
      • English: east
        • → Cornish: est
      • Scots: eist, aist
  • Old Frisian: âsta n, âst
    • Saterland Frisian: Aaste m or n
    • West Frisian: east n
  • Old Saxon: *ōst
    • Middle Low German: ōst, ōste, oist n or f
      • Low German: Oost
  • Old Dutch: *ōst
    • Middle Dutch: oost
      • Dutch: oost
        • Afrikaans: oos
        • ⇒ Dutch: oosten
          • ⇒ Afrikaans: ooste
  • Old High German: *ōst ?, ōstara, ōstra f
    • Middle High German: ōst m
      • German: Ost m
      • Hunsrik: Oste m
• Old Norse:

  Latin script: austr

  Runic script: ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ (austr)

  • Icelandic: austur
  • Faroese: eystur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aust, auster; (dialectal) aust’u, aust’e
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: aust
  • Old Swedish: ø̄ster
    • Swedish: öster
  • Old Danish: øst
    • Danish: øster, øst
      • Norwegian Bokmål: øst
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: øst

• Vandalic: *austa- (early), *ōsta- (late)