Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Austrā

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

From Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ.

Proper noun

*Austrā f

1. Easter, festival celebrated at the spring equinox
2. Easter, goddess of spring

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Austrā
Genitive	*Austrōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Austrā	*Austrōn
Accusative	*Austrōn	*Austrōn
Genitive	*Austrōn	*Austrōnō
Dative	*Austrōn	*Austrōm, *Austrum
Instrumental	*Austrōn	*Austrōm, *Austrum

Derived terms

• *austramānōþ
  • Old English: ēastermōnaþ
  • Old Dutch: ōstermānoth

Descendants

• Old English: ēastre, ēastrun, ēastron, ēastru, ēoster, ēster, ēastor, ēastro
  • Middle English: Eestour, Ester, Yestre
    • English: Easter
      • → Chickasaw: Iista'
    • Scots: Easter
• Old English: Ēastre, Ēostre (“goddess of spring and fertility”)
  • → English: Eostre
• Old Frisian: āsteron
• Old Saxon: *ōstara, *ōstarūn
  • Middle Low German: ôsteren, ôstern
    • German Low German: Oostern
    • Plautdietsch: Oostren
• Old High German: ōstra, ōstrūn, ōstarūn
  • Middle High German: ōstre, ōstere, ōster
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: Oastarn

      Mòcheno: Oastern

    • German: Ostern
    • Hunsrik: Oostre
    • Luxembourgish: Ouschteren
    • East Central German: Ustern