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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwsteros

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *h₂éws-s ~ *h₂us-és (“dawn”) +‎ *-teros (directional suffix), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn”).

Adjective

*h₂éwsteros or *h₂usésteros[1][2][3]

  1. in the direction of dawn, east

Descendants
  • Proto-Germanic: *austraz (“eastern”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *austrą (“east; eastward”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒? Proto-Germanic: *Austrǭ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hušástaras
    • Proto-Iranian: *Hušástarah
      • Avestan:
        • Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀‎ (ušastara, “eastern”)
        • → Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾwšstl /⁠ōšastar⁠/, “east(ern)”)
  • Proto-Italic: *austeros
    • Latin: auster (“south wind”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “au̯es-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 86-87: “*aus-[e]s-tero-”
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*austera-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43: “*h₂eus-tero-; *h₂us-es-tero-”
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “auster, -trī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64: “PIE *h₂eus-tero-”
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