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.

vastlad (Estonian): Fastelavn, Shrove Tuesday

Definitions

  1. Fastelavn, Shrove Tuesday

Ancestry of “vastlad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvastelavent—
2Middle Low Germanâventevening
3Old Saxonāvandevening
4Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
5Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—

Words derived from “vastlad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →