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Where does “astonien” come from?

astonien (Middle English) comes from Old English āstunian, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Ancestry of “astonien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishāstunian—
2Old Englishā-a-; away, out
3Old Englishar-—
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “astonien”

  • astonishment
  • astonishing
  • astonish
  • astonishingly
  • astonisht
  • astony
  • astonishingness
  • astun
  • unastonishable
  • aston
  • astone
  • astonishable
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