Where does “ostic” come from?

ostic (Romanian) comes from Romanian ost, 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.

ostic (Romanian): eastern

Definitions

  1. eastern

Ancestry of “ostic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianosteast
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 →