Where does “ostasiatisch” come from?

ostasiatisch (German) comes from German Ostasien, from German Osten, from Old High German ostan, from Proto-Germanic austrą, from Proto-Germanic austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros — in the direction of dawn, east.

ostasiatisch (German): East Asian

Definitions

  1. East Asian

Ancestry of “ostasiatisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOstasien—
2GermanOstenEast; The territory of the former GDR
3Old High Germanostan—
4Proto-Germanicaustrąeast; east, eastward
5Proto-Germanicaustrazeast, eastern
6Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwsterosin the direction of dawn, east
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic austraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic austrą →