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”).

Noun

*ōstrijā f

1. 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