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Where does “haistr” come from?

haistr (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic haistraz, from Proto-Germanic haisaz, from Proto-Germanic -raz, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

Ancestry of “haistr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichaistrazyoung tree
2Proto-Germanichaisazhoarse
3Proto-Germanic-razForms adjectives from verbal roots, which usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-rósForms adjectives from Caland system roots

Words derived from “haistr”

  • hêtre
  • hêtraie
  • hestre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -rós →