Aestii

== Latin == === 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"). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯s.ti.iː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.ti.i] === 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. === References === “Aestii”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.