Where does “Austronesisch” come from?

Austronesisch (German) comes from Latin auster, from Proto-Italic *austeros.

Austronesisch (German): Austronesian

Definitions

  1. Austronesian

Ancestry of “Austronesisch”, step by step

Austronesisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin auster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinausterThe south wind; south
2Proto-Italic*austeros—

via Ancient Greek νῆσος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνῆσοςisland

Words derived from “Austronesisch”

Every word from Proto-Italic *austeros →Every word from Latin auster →