eastern

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂ews-“dawn, east”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂ews-ro-“eastern”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*austrōnijaz“eastern”
4. Old English · inherited fromēasterne“eastern”
5. Middle English · inherited fromesturne
6. English todayeastern

From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”). Morphologically east + -ern.

Words from the same roots