Etymology

Austrian

Aus·trian
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Today it means: Of, from, or pertaining to Austria. Full definition →

English Austria ← Latin Austria ← Old High German Ōstarrīhhi
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwss?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwsteros
  4. Proto-Germanic*austraz
  5. Proto-Germanic*austrą
  6. Proto-West Germanic*austr
  7. Old High Germanōstar
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
  10. Proto-Celtic*rīgyom
  11. Proto-Germanic*rīkiją
  12. Proto-West Germanic*rīkī
  13. Old High Germanrīhhi
  14. Old High GermanŌstarrīhhi
  15. LatinAustria
  16. EnglishAustria
  17. English todayAustrian

From Austria + -n.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.