austan
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse austan. Equivalent to aust + -an.
Adverb edit
austan
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *austanē (“from the east”), akin to austr + -an. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”).
Adverb edit
austan (not comparable)
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
- austanferð f (“journey from the east”)
- austangola f (“light breeze from the east”)
- austankváma f (“arrival from the east”)
- austanmaðr m (“a man from the east”)
- austanveðr n (“easterly gale”)
- austanvindr m (“east wind”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: austan
- Faroese: eystan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: austa, austan
- Old Swedish: ø̄stan
- Swedish: östan
References edit
- “austan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press