Auster
German (Berlin)
/ˈaʊ̯stɐ/
noun
Definitions
- oyster
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German ūster derived from Middle Dutch oester derived from Latin ostrea (oyster, an oyster) derived from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (bivalve, oyster).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὄστρεον
Gloss
bivalve, oyster
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ostracean English
- ostreaceous English
- ostreaculture English
- oyster English
- oysterbank English
- oystercatcher English
- oysterer English
- oysterfish English
- oysterish English
- oysterless English
- oysterlike English
- oysterling English
- oysterman English
- oystermania English
- oysterwoman English
- oystery English
- ostrea Latin
- ostrearius Latin
- ostreatus Latin
- ostreosus Latin
- ostreum Latin
- ostrum Latin
- ostrica Italian
- oester Dutch, Flemish
- ὀστρέϊνος Ancient Greek
- ὄστρεον Ancient Greek
- ostre Old English
- oystre Middle English
- oistre Old French
- ostra Galician
- oester Middle Dutch
- אויסטער Yiddish
- ūster Middle Low German
- острига Macedonian
- òstrega Venetian
- wusta Tok Pisin
- oistre xno