Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agastrijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from *ag-ad- ~ *ag-at-, suffixed variant of *agu (“magpie”), +‎ *-þr (agental suffix) +‎ *-jā.

Noun

*agastrijā f[1]

magpie
Synonyms: *agattjā, *agu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*agastrijā
Genitive	*agastrijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*agastrijā	*agastrijōn
Accusative	*agastrijōn	*agastrijōn
Genitive	*agastrijōn	*agastrijōnō
Dative	*agastrijōn	*agastrijōm
Instrumental	*agastrijōn	*agastrijōm

Alternative reconstructions

*aglistrijā[2]

Related terms

*agattjā
*agu

Descendants

Old Frisian: *egstre, *ekster; *agster, *akster
- Saterland Frisian: Akster
- West Frisian: ekster, akster
Old Saxon: agastria, agistra
- Middle Low German: êgelster, êgester, êgster, êxter, exter, hêgester, hegster, hegister, hegester, heister, hechster
  - Low German: Ääkster, Äkster, Eekster, Ekster, Hääster, Heester, Heister
  - Dutch Low Saxon: ökster
  - Plautdietsch: Heista
  - → German: Heister
  - → Polish: hajstra (“grey heron”)
    - → Old Ruthenian: га́йстеръ (hájster)
      - Belarusian: га́йсцер (hájscjer), га́йсцёр (hájscjor), га́йстр (hájstr) (dialectal)
      - Ukrainian: га́йстер (hájster), га́стір (hástir), а́стер (áster), га́рист (háryst) (dialectal)
  - →? Middle Russian: а́истъ (áist), а́гистъ (ágist, “stork”)
    - Russian: а́ист (áist, “stork”)
Old Dutch: *agastra
- Middle Dutch: egestre, aecstren, aexter, exter
  - Dutch: ekster
    - Afrikaans: ekster
Old High German: agalstra, agastra, egilistra
- Middle High German: agelster, agelaster, aglaster, alster, elster
  - German: Elster

References

Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Elster”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 175-176
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ag/kkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Elster”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 175-176

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ag/kkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4