Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *austanēScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_austanē
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen VIRosemarieLührVandenhoeck & Ruprecht2017*h₂ews-to become light; to dawnôstanafrom the east, in the eastōstanafrom the east, in the eastēastanefrom the eastēastenefrom the east*h₂ews-osdawn
adverbfrom the eastFrom 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-osultimately 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, ēasteneLühr 2017: s.v. ôstana.