Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/auštrā́ˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éws-r̥-h₂ ~ *h₂us-r-és, from *h₂ews- (“dawn; to dawn”).^[1]^[2] Cognate with Sanskrit उस्रा (usrā́, “dawn, morning”), Ancient Greek αὔρᾱ (aúrā, “morning air”), and perhaps further Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ (“Easter”), and Albanian err (“darkness”).

Noun

*auštrā́ˀ f

dawn, morning

Alternative reconstructions

*aušrā́ˀ, *uštrā́ˀ

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: àustra, aũstra
- Lithuanian: aušrà, (dialectal) auštrà
Proto-Slavic: *ùtro (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “aušra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȕtro”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 510-1

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “aušra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȕtro”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 510-1

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