Ost

From Middle High German ōst, from Old High German *ost, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą. Compare Dutch oost, English east, West Frisian east, Norwegian Bokmål øst, Norwegian Nynorsk aust.

• IPA^(key): /ɔst/

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• Rhymes: -ɔst

Ost m (strong, genitive Osts or Ost, no plural)

1. (used without article) clipping of Osten: the east

   der Wind kommt aus Ost ― the wind is coming from the east

2. a wind coming from the east (used with article)

compass points (short-form):  ^[edit]

• Osten
• Österreich

• Kashubian: óst

• “Ost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Named after the Oust river, generally considered to be of Celtic/Gaulish origin (the name in Breton is Oud) and possibly related to the name of the Oltis, or from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all”), if the Gaulish form was a suffixed form of *ollo- (“everything, big”), meaning something like "the big one (river)."^[1]

Ost ?

1. Oust (a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France)

• Jòrdi Deledar and Patrici Poujade, "L'Occitan parlé en Ariège", 2001, Pamiers, Cercle Occitan Prospèr Estieu, →ISBN, Page 68.