Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ōstrijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *ostria, from Latin ostrea, ostreum (“oyster”).^[1]

Noun

*ōstrijā f

oyster

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ōstrijā
Genitive	*ōstrijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ōstrijā	*ōstrijōn
Accusative	*ōstrijōn	*ōstrijōn
Genitive	*ōstrijōn	*ōstrijōnō
Dative	*ōstrijōn	ōstrijōm, ōstrijum
Instrumental	*ōstrijōn	ōstrijōm, ōstrijum

Descendants

Old English: ōstre
- Middle English: ostre, oster, hostre
Old Saxon: *ōstra, *ōstria
- Middle Low German: ōster, oester, ouster, ōstre, ōstrie
  - → Danish: østers
  - → Middle High German: ōster
  - → Norwegian: østers
Old Dutch: *uostra
- Middle Dutch: oester
  - Dutch: oester
    - Afrikaans: oester
    - → Papiamentu: uster, oester, hustu
    - →⇒ Russian: у́стрица (ústrica) (see there for further descendants)
  - → Middle Low German: ūster
    - → German: Auster
Old High German: *uostra
- ⇒? Old High German: aostorskala, aostorskāla, aostorscala, aostorscāla, ostarscala
  - German: Austernschale

References

^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “schrijn”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Vries, Jan (1971) “schrijn”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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