Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/westrą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *westraz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwes.trɑ̃/

Noun

*westrą n

west

Inflection

Declension of *westrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*westrą	*westrō
vocative	*westrą	*westrō
accusative	*westrą	*westrō
genitive	westras, wistris	*westrǫ̂
dative	*westrai	*westramaz
instrumental	*westrō	*westramiz

Coordinate terms

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	*nurþraz
*westraz		*austraz
	*sunþraz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *westr
- Old English: *west
  - Middle English: west
    - English: west
    - Scots: wast
- Old Frisian: west n
  - West Frisian: west
- Old Saxon: *west
  - Middle Low German: west
- Old Dutch: west
  - Middle Dutch: west
    - Dutch: west
      - Afrikaans: wes
      - ⇒ Dutch: westen
        ⇒ Afrikaans: weste
- Old High German: *west
  - Middle High German: west m
    - German: West m
Old Norse: vestr
- Icelandic: vestur
- Faroese: vestur
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: vest
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: vest
- Old Swedish: væster, væst
  - Swedish: väster, väst
- Old Danish: væster, væst
  - Danish: vest, vester

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wes.trɑ̃/