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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/austraz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *h₂éwsros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯s.trɑz/
Adjective
*austraz (comparative *austrōzô, superlative *austrōstaz)
- east, eastern
Inflection
Declension of *austraz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *austraz | *austrai | *austrō | *austrôz | *austrą, -atō | *austrō |
| Accusative | *austranǭ | *austranz | *austrǭ | *austrōz | *austrą, -atō | *austrō |
| Genitive | *austras, -is | *austraizǫ̂ | *austraizōz | *austraizǫ̂ | *austras, -is | *austraizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *austrammai | *austraimaz | *austraizōi | *austraimaz | *austrammai | *austraimaz |
| Instrumental | *austranō | *austraimiz | *austraizō | *austraimiz | *austranō | *austraimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *austrô | *austraniz | *austrǭ | *austrōniz | *austrô | *austrōnō |
| Accusative | *austranų | *austranunz | *austrōnų | *austrōnunz | *austrô | *austrōnō |
| Genitive | *austriniz | *austranǫ̂ | *austrōniz | *austrōnǫ̂ | *austriniz | *austranǫ̂ |
| Dative | *austrini | *austrammaz | *austrōni | *austrōmaz | *austrini | *austrammaz |
| Instrumental | *austrinē | *austrammiz | *austrōnē | *austrōmiz | *austrinē | *austrammiz |
Derived terms
- *austanē
- *austrą
- *austrōnijaz
Related terms
- *Austrǭ
See also
- *nurþraz
- *sunþraz
- *westraz
Descendants
- Old English: ēast
- English: east
- Old Frisian: āster
- Old High German: *ōstar
- Middle High German: oster
References
- 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 1609-8498