Where does “thiustri” come from?
thiustri (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic þiustrī, from Proto-West Germanic þimstr, from Proto-Germanic þimstraz, from Proto-Indo-European témH-s-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.
Ancestry of “thiustri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | þiustrī | dark, gloomy |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | þimstr | dark, dusky |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þimstraz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | témH-s-ro-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | temH- | dark |