Ålastr
East Central German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German ȃlaster, from Old High German agalstra, from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā (“magpie”). Cognate with German Elster.
Noun
editÅlastr f
References
edit- Ernst Göpfert: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge, in: Neunundzwanzigster Bericht über die Progymnasial- und Realschulanstalt zu Annaberg, zu der Montag un Dienstag, den 18. und 19. März 1872 stattfindenden öffentlichen Prüfung ergebenst einladet der Director Prof. Friedrich Alfred Gilbert. Voranstehend: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge. von Oberlehrer Ernst Göpfert, Annaberg, 1872, p. 36
- Kurt Lindner: Deutsche Jagdtraktate des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, Teil 1 P. 289 "aalastern = Elstern (Pica pica). Die Wortform Ålastr is typisch erzgebirgisch"
Categories:
- East Central German terms inherited from Middle High German
- East Central German terms derived from Middle High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Old High German
- East Central German terms derived from Old High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German nouns
- East Central German feminine nouns
- Erzgebirgisch