eastern
(Engels)
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
- Blowing from the east; easterly.
- (broadly) Oriental.
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈiː.stən/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
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.
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