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

1. west

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension 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

(compass points)

	*nurþrą
*westrą		*austrą
	*sunþrą

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/