Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agastrijā

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.

Possibly from *ag-ad- ~ *ag-at-, suffixed variant of *agu (“magpie”), +‎ *-þr (agent suffix) +‎ *-jā (agent suffix).

*agastrijā f^[1]

1. magpie

   Synonyms: *agattjā, *agu

• *aglistrijā^[2]

• *agattjā
• *agu

• Old Frisian: *egstre, *ekster; *agster, *akster
  • Saterland Frisian: Akster
  • West Frisian: ekster, akster
• Old Saxon: agastria, agistra
  • Middle Low German: êgelster, êgester, êgster, êxter, exter, hêgester, hegster, hegister, hegester, heister, hechster
    • Low German: Ääkster, Äkster, Eekster, Ekster, Hääster, Heester, Heister
    • Dutch Low Saxon: ökster
    • Plautdietsch: Heista
    • → German: Heister
    • → Polish: hajstra (“grey heron”)
      • → Old Ruthenian: га́йстеръ (hájster)
        • Belarusian: га́йсцер (hájscjer), га́йсцёр (hájscjor), га́йстр (hájstr) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: га́йстер (hájster), га́стір (hástir), а́стер (áster), га́рист (háryst) (dialectal)
    • → Middle Russian: а́истъ (áist), а́гистъ (ágist, “stork”)
      • Russian: а́ист (áist, “stork”)
• Old Dutch: *agastra
  • Middle Dutch: egestre, aecstren, aexter, exter
    • Dutch: ekster, (obsolete) exter, aakster, aekster, aexter
      • Afrikaans: ekster
• Old High German: agalstra, agastra, egilistra
  • Middle High German: agelster, agelaster, aglaster, alster, elster
    • German: Elster