Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/austraz

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (in the direction of dawn, east).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

*austraz (comparative *austrōzô, superlative *austrōstaz)

  1. east, eastern

Inflection


Derived terms

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

*nurþraz
*westraz *austraz
*sunþraz

Adverb

*austraz (comparative *austrōz, superlative *austrōst)[2]

  1. east, eastward

See also

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Gąsiorowski, Piotr (2012) “The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →DOI, →ISSN
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*austera-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43