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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/austr
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *austrą.
Noun
*austr n
- east
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *austr | |
| Genitive | *austras | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *austr | *austru |
| Accusative | *austr | *austru |
| Genitive | *austras | *austrō |
| Dative | *austrē | *austrum |
| Instrumental | *austru | *austrum |
Descendants
- Old English: ēast
- Middle English: est
- English: east
- → Cornish: est
- Scots: eist, aist
- English: east
- → Old French: est
- French: est, êt
- → Asturian: este
- → Catalan: est
- → Corsican: este, est
- → Galician: leste
- → Italian: est
- → Occitan: èst
- → Portuguese: este, → leste
- → Romanian: est
- → Spanish: este
- French: est, êt
- Middle English: est
- Old Frisian: āst
- Saterland Frisian: Aaste
- West Frisian: east
- Old Saxon: *ōst
- Middle Low German: ōst
- Low German: Oost, Oosten
- Plautdietsch: Oosten
- Middle Low German: ōst
- Old Dutch: *ōst
- Middle Dutch: oost
- Dutch: oost, oosten
- Middle Dutch: oost
- Old High German: *ōst, ōstar
- Middle High German: ōst
- German: Ost, Osten
- Hunsrik: Oste
- Middle High German: ōst
Adverb
*Proto-West Germanic/austr (comparative *austrō, superlative *austrōst)
- east, eastward
See also
- *nurþr
- *sunþr
- *westr
Descendants
- Old English: ēast
- Middle English: est
- English: east
- Middle English: est
- Old High German: ōstar
- Middle High German: ōster