Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agastrijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from *ag-ad- ~ *ag-at-, suffixed variant of *agu (“magpie”), +‎ *-þr (agent suffix) +‎ *-jā (agent suffix).

Noun

*agastrijā f

1. magpie

   Synonyms: *agattjā, *agu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*agastrijā
Genitive	*agastrijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*agastrijā	*agastrijōn
Accusative	*agastrijōn	*agastrijōn
Genitive	*agastrijōn	*agastrijōnō
Dative	*agastrijōn	*agastrijōm, *agastrijum
Instrumental	*agastrijōn	*agastrijōm, *agastrijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *aglistrijā

Related terms

• *agattjā
• *agu

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *egstre, *ekster; *agster, *akster
  • Saterland Frisian: Akster
  • West Frisian: ekster, akster
• Old Saxon: agastria, agistra
  • Middle Low German: êgelster, êgester, êgster, êxter, exter, hêgester, hegster, hegister, hegester, heister, hechster
    • Low German: Ääkster, Äkster, Eekster, Ekster, Hääster, Heester, Heister
    • Dutch Low Saxon: ökster
    • Plautdietsch: Heista
    • → German: Heister
    • → Polish: hajstra (“grey heron”)
      • → Old Ruthenian: га́йстеръ (hájster)
        • Belarusian: га́йсцер (hájscjer), га́йсцёр (hájscjor), га́йстр (hájstr) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: га́йстер (hájster), га́стір (hástir), а́стер (áster), га́рист (háryst) (dialectal)
    • → Middle Russian: а́истъ (áist), а́гистъ (ágist, “stork”)
      • Russian: а́ист (áist, “stork”)
• Old Dutch: *agastra
  • Middle Dutch: egestre, aecstren, aexter, exter
    • Dutch: ekster, exter, aekster, aexter
      • Afrikaans: ekster
• Old High German: agalstra, agastra, egilistra
  • Middle High German: agelster, agelaster, aglaster, alster, elster
    • German: Elster