Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiustrijaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

By one reconstruction, from earlier *þiuhstrijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Alternatively, related to *þimistraz with m > u̯ in the cluster, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-(e)s-ros, s-stem formed to the root *temH-.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθiu̯s.tri.jɑz/

Adjective

*þiustrijaz

Derived terms

*þeustrōną
*þiustrį̄ ‎

Related terms

*þeustraz
*þuhsōną

Descendants

Old English: þīestre, þȳstre; þēostre (conflated with descendant of *þeustraz)
- Middle English: þester, þuster, þeostre
  - English: thester
Old Frisian: *thiūstere
- Saterland Frisian: tjuuster
- West Frisian: tsjuster
Old Saxon: thiustri
- Middle Low German: dûster
  - German Low German: düüster
  - → German: düster, duster
  - → Danish: dyster
  - → Swedish: dyster
  - → Norwegian: dyster
Old Dutch: *thiustri
- Middle Dutch: dustere, diester, duuster
  - Dutch: duister

References

Piotr Gąsiorowski (2012), The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law,

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[1] Piotr Gąsiorowski (2012), The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law,