austur
Icelandic
/ˈøystʏr/
adv
Definitions
- east, eastward (designating movement to the east)
- in the east (only used together with a prepositional phrase indicating a more precise location, except when used comparatively)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse austr (east) derived from Proto-Germanic *austrą (east).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*austrą
Gloss
east
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
東
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ostrogothi Latin
- este Spanish, Castilian
- Γότθος Ancient Greek
- *aus- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European
- aust Norwegian Bokmål
- øst Norwegian Bokmål
- *austrą Proto-Germanic
- Östergötland Swedish
- öst Swedish
- öster Swedish
- aust Norwegian Nynorsk
- auster Norwegian Nynorsk
- east Old English
- ēast Old English
- austan Old Norse
- austr Old Norse
- austrœnn Old Norse
- øst Danish
- Austurland Icelandic
- land Icelandic
- norðaustur Icelandic
- norður Icelandic
- suðaustur Icelandic
- suður Icelandic
- eystur Faroese
- ōst Old Dutch
- ōst Middle Low German
- awst Westrobothnian
- āst Old Frisian