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Where does “Westmoustier” come from?

Westmoustier (Middle French) comes from Old French Westmostier, from Middle English Westmynster, from Old English Westmynster, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros.

Ancestry of “Westmoustier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchWestmostier—
2Middle EnglishWestmynster—
3Old EnglishWestmynster—
4Old Englishwestwest
5Proto-West Germanic*westr—
6Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
7Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
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