Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *AustrǭScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_austrǭ
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Nomina im indogermanischen LexikonDagmar S.WodtkoBrittaIrslingerCarolinSchneiderUniversitätsverlag Winter2008Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen VIRosemarieLührVandenhoeck & Ruprecht2017*h₂ews-to become light; to dawn*h₂éws-ōs ~ *h₂us(-s)-ésdawn*h₂ews-(s)-to-east
propnfeminineōn-stemEaster, festival celebrated at the spring equinoxEaster, goddess of springFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-(s)-t-reh₂-n-, ultimately from *h₂ews-, and closely related to *austrą¹ and *austraz. EWA analyzes the *t as inherited rather than as an excrescent consonant from PIE *sr > Proto-Germanic *str, connecting *Austrǭ directly with the *h₂ews-(s)-to- formation Lühr 2017: s.v. ôst(a)raWodtko et al. 2008: 359. The ultimate root also formed the PIE word for ‘dawn’ and the Dawn Goddess, *h₂éws-ōs ~ *h₂us(-s)-és; this provides a plausible semantic background for Bede’s Ēostre, though her status as an inherited Germanic dawn goddess cannot be established from the linguistic evidence alone.