The story
- Proto-Norse · derived fromni
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*austr
- Late Latin · borrowed fromNeustria
- English todayNeustria
Borrowed from Late Latin Neustria. An origin from *Ni-oster-rike, meaning "northeastern kingdom" or "not the eastern kingdom" has been proposed; see Proto-West Germanic *austr and *rīkī, also Gothic and Proto-Norse ni. For further origins, compare Austrasia.
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*austr all →
eastAustrasia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.