*austanē
Runic: ᚨᚢᛊᛏᚨᚾᛖ Pronunciation: /ˈɑu̯s.tɑ.nɛː/adverb
Meanings
from the east
Etymology
From the *aust- stem of Proto-Germanic *austa- (‘east’) + *-(a)nē. PGmc *austa- is probably primary rather than a back-formation from *austra-, continuing Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews(-s)-to-, a -to- derivative originally meaning ‘belonging to dawn; place of sunrise’, from *h₂ews-os ultimately from *h₂ews- (Lühr 2017: s.v. ôst). The ending *-(a)nē continues a pre-Germanic instrumental formation *-o-neh₁ that acquired ablatival directional meaning; compare Old High German ôstana, Old Saxon ōstana, and Old English ēastane, ēastene (Lühr 2017: s.v. ôstana).
Descendants
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*austanā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ōstan, ōstana (Old Saxon)
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*austanā (Proto-West Germanic)
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ēastan, ēastane (Old English)
- easten (Middle English)
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ēastan, ēastane (Old English)
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*austanā (Proto-West Germanic)
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ōstana (Old High German)
- ōsten, ōstene (Middle High German)
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ōstana (Old High German)
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austan (Old Norse)
- eystan (Faroese)
- austan (Icelandic)
- austan, austa (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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austan (Old Norse)
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ø̄stan (Old Swedish)
- östan (Swedish)
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ø̄stan (Old Swedish)