Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/westrą

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *westraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwes.trɑ̃/

Noun

*westrą n

1. west

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *westrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*westrą	*westrō
vocative	*westrą	*westrō
accusative	*westrą	*westrō
genitive	*westras, *wistris	*westrǫ̂
dative	*westrai	*westramaz
instrumental	*westrō	*westramiz

Descendants

• Old English: west
  • Middle English: west
    • Scots: wast
    • English: west
    • → Old French: west
      • French: ouest
      • → Spanish: oeste
      • → Catalan: oest
      • → Galician: oeste
      • → Italian: ovest
• Old Frisian: *west
  • Saterland Frisian: Wääste
  • West Frisian: westen, west
• Old Dutch: *west
  • Dutch: west, westen
• Old High German: west
  • German: West, Westen
• Old Norse: vestr
  • Icelandic: vestur
  • Faroese: vestur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vest
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vest
  • Old Swedish: væster
    • Swedish: väster, väst
  • Danish: vest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wes.trɑ̃/

Adverb

*westrą (comparative *westrōz, superlative *westrōst)

1. west, westward

See also

• *austrą
• *nurþrą
• *sunþrą

Descendants

• Old English: west
  • English: west
• Old High German: *westar
  • Middle High German: wester
• Old Norse: vestr
  • Icelandic: vestur
  • Faroese: vestur
  • Norwegian: vest
  • Danish: vest
  • Old Swedish: væster
    • Swedish: väster