English

Ostend

Ostend comes from Dutch Oostende.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of oost ‘east’ + ende ‘end’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros ‘in the direction of dawn, east’

Proto-Germanic *austraz ‘east, eastern’

Proto-Germanic *austrą ‘east’

Proto-West Germanic *austr ‘eastern, easternly’

Old Dutch ōst

Middle Dutch oost

Dutch oost ‘east’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí

Proto-Germanic *andi ‘in addition, furthermore, and’

Old Dutch ande ‘and’

Middle Dutch ende ‘and’

Dutch en ‘end’

Every English word from Dutch Oostende

name A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.