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”). 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

1. dawn, morning

Alternative reconstructions

• *aušrā́ˀ, *uštrā́ˀ

Descendants

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