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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/austrōnijaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *austraz + *-ōnijaz, the former from Proto-Indo-European *austero- (“eastern”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯s.trɔː.ni.jɑz/
Adjective
*austrōnijaz
- eastern
Inflection
Declension of *austrōnijaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *austrōnijaz | *austrōnijai | *austrōnijō | *austrōnijôz | *austrōniją, -atō | *austrōnijō |
| Accusative | *austrōnijanǭ | *austrōnijanz | *austrōnijǭ | *austrōnijōz | *austrōniją, -atō | *austrōnijō |
| Genitive | *austrōnijas, -īs | *austrōnijaizǫ̂ | *austrōnijaizōz | *austrōnijaizǫ̂ | *austrōnijas, -īs | *austrōnijaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *austrōnijammai | *austrōnijaimaz | *austrōnijaizōi | *austrōnijaimaz | *austrōnijammai | *austrōnijaimaz |
| Instrumental | *austrōnijanō | *austrōnijaimiz | *austrōnijaizō | *austrōnijaimiz | *austrōnijanō | *austrōnijaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *austrōnijô | *austrōnijaniz | *austrōnijǭ | *austrōnijōniz | *austrōnijô | *austrōnijōnō |
| Accusative | *austrōnijanų | *austrōnijanunz | *austrōnijōnų | *austrōnijōnunz | *austrōnijô | *austrōnijōnō |
| Genitive | *austrōnīniz | *austrōnijanǫ̂ | *austrōnijōniz | *austrōnijōnǫ̂ | *austrōnīniz | *austrōnijanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *austrōnīni | *austrōnijammaz | *austrōnijōni | *austrōnijōmaz | *austrōnīni | *austrōnijammaz |
| Instrumental | *austrōnīnē | *austrōnijammiz | *austrōnijōnē | *austrōnijōmiz | *austrōnīnē | *austrōnijammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: ēasterne
- Middle English: esterne
- English: eastern
- Scots: estrene, eistrene
- Middle English: esterne
- Old Frisian: āster (?)
- Old Saxon: ōstrōni
- Old High German: *ōstrōni (found in compounds, nordōstrōni)
- Old Norse: austrœnn
- Icelandic: austrænn
- Faroese: eystrønur