Where does “vastlad” come from?
vastlad (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German vastelavent, from Middle Low German âvent, from Old Saxon āvand, from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.
Ancestry of “vastlad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | vastelavent | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | âvent | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | āvand | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ābanþ | evening |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ēbanþs | evening |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁epi | on, at, near |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eps | — |
Words derived from “vastlad”