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Where does “āstunian” come from?

āstunian (Old English) comes 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 “āstunian”, step by step

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

Words derived from “āstunian”

  • astonishment
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • astonish
  • astonishingly
  • astound
  • astoundingly
  • astoundment
  • astonisht
  • astony
  • astonishingness
  • astonishable
  • astun
  • unastonishable
  • astone
  • aston
  • astoundeth
  • astoundest
  • astunen
  • astonen
  • astuned
  • astonien
  • astunien
  • astouned
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