Where does “ostrogot” come from?
ostrogot (Romanian) comes from French ostrogot, from Latin Ostrogothus, from Proto-Germanic austrą, from Proto-Germanic austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros — in the direction of dawn, east.
ostrogot (Romanian): Ostrogoth
Definitions
- Ostrogoth
Ancestry of “ostrogot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ostrogot | Ostrogothic |
| 2 | Latin | Ostrogothus | an Ostrogoth |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | austrą | east; east, eastward |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | austraz | east, eastern |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂éwsteros | in the direction of dawn, east |