Where does “ostrogotic” come from?
ostrogotic (Romanian) comes from Italian ostrogotico, from Italian ostrogoto, from Latin Ostrogothus, from Proto-Germanic austrą, from Proto-Germanic austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros — in the direction of dawn, east.
ostrogotic (Romanian): Ostrogothic
Definitions
- Ostrogothic
Ancestry of “ostrogotic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ostrogotico | Ostrogothic |
| 2 | Italian | ostrogoto | Ostrogoth |
| 3 | Latin | Ostrogothus | an Ostrogoth |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | austrą | east; east, eastward |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | austraz | east, eastern |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂éwsteros | in the direction of dawn, east |