Aestii

Latin

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Aestii

Etymology

Uncertain. Most often connected with Germanic roots, e.g. Proto-Germanic *aistāną (“to respect”), *aistaz (“kiln”) (the first two perhaps through Gothic, the latter perhaps with a shift to "grain drying room") or *austrą (“east”) (the latter is phonetically difficult to reconcile).

Another theory links it with a Baltic name, perhaps related to Latvian Aistere, a village located in modern Latvia (perhaps deriving from a word meaning "field, land").^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯s.ti.iː/, [ˈäe̯s̠t̪iː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.ti.i/, [ˈɛst̪iː]

Proper noun

Aestiī m pl (genitive Aestiōrum); second declension

A tribe settled in the Baltic region and bordering on the Venedi

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Aestiī
genitive	Aestiōrum
dative	Aestiīs
accusative	Aestiōs
ablative	Aestiīs
vocative	Aestiī

References

Aestii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ Eesti - [KNR Eesti kohanimeraamat]
^ Balode, Laimute. Names of Three Baltic Countries – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Studii si Cercetari de Onomastica si Lexicologie 14 (2022).

[1] Eesti - [KNR Eesti kohanimeraamat]

[2] Balode, Laimute. Names of Three Baltic Countries – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Studii si Cercetari de Onomastica si Lexicologie 14 (2022).

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