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Where does “Ostrogoth” come from?

Ostrogoth (English) comes from Latin Ostrogothus, from Proto-Germanic austrą, from Proto-Germanic austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros.

Ostrogoth (English): Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one...

Definitions

  1. Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one...

Ancestry of “Ostrogoth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinOstrogothus—
2Proto-Germanicaustrąeast; east, eastward
3Proto-Germanicaustrazeast, eastern
4Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwsteros—

Words derived from “Ostrogoth”

  • Ostrogothic
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