Etymology · Proto-West Germanic
*austr
3 English words descend from Proto-West Germanic *austr, most common first.
- eastThe direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
- AustrasiaAn early-medieval geographic region corresponding to the homeland of the Merovingian Franks in modern western Germany, northeastern France, Belgium and parts of the Netherlands. Capital: Metz.
- NeustriaThe western part of the Frankish empire, corresponding roughly to modern-day northern France.