Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/austrą

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Derived from *austraz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯s.trɑ̃/

Noun edit

*austrą n

east

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *austrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*austrą	*austrō
vocative	*austrą	*austrō
accusative	*austrą	*austrō
genitive	austras, austris	*austrǫ̂
dative	*austrai	*austramaz
instrumental	*austrō	*austramiz

Coordinate terms edit

(compass points)

	*nurþrą
*westrą		*austrą
	*sunþrą

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *austr
- Old English: ēast m, ēaste f
  - Middle English: est
    - English: east
      - → Cornish: est
    - Scots: eist, aist
- Old Frisian: âsta n, âst
  - Saterland Frisian: Aaste m or n
  - West Frisian: east n
- Old Saxon: *ōst
  - Middle Low German: ōst, ōste, oist n or f
    - Low German: Oost
- Old Dutch: *ōst
  - Middle Dutch: oost
    - Dutch: oost
- Old High German: *ōst ?, ōstara, ōstra f
  - Middle High German: ōst m
    - German: Ost m
    - Hunsrik: Oste m
Old Norse:
Latin script: austr
Runic script: ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ (austr)
- Icelandic: austur
- Faroese: eystur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: aust, auster; (dialectal) aust’u, aust’e
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: aust
- Medelpadian: yster, yst
- Old Swedish: ø̄ster
  - Swedish: öster
- Old Danish: øst
  - Danish: øster, øst
    Norwegian Bokmål: øst
    → Norwegian Nynorsk: øst
Vandalic: *austa- (early), *ōsta- (late)