austan

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse austan. Equivalent to aust +‎ -an. === Adverb === austan (pre-1938) alternative form of austa == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *austanē (“from the east”), akin to austr +‎ -an. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”). === Adverb === austan (not comparable) from the east without motion, on the eastern side to the east of [with genitive] ==== Coordinate terms ==== (from compass point): norðan, sunnan, vestan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== austr (“east”) austrǿnn (“eastern”) eystri (“easterlier”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: austan Faroese: eystan Norwegian Nynorsk: austan, austa Old Swedish: ø̄stan Swedish: östan === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “austan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive