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The noun is derived from Middle English ester , from Old English ēastre , seemingly from Ēastre , a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival is thought to have been celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from Proto-West Germanic * Austrā , from Proto-Germanic * Austrǭ , derived from either Proto-Indo-European * h₂ews- ( “ dawn; east ” ) or, more semantically plausible, from * austrą, * auzrą , a metathesized form of * wazrą ( “ spring (season) ” ) , * -ǭ , from Proto-Indo-European * wósr̥ ( “ spring ” ) .
The English word is cognate with German Low German Oostern ( “ Easter ” ) , Old High German ōstarūn (modern German Ostern ) and is possibly a doublet of east . Despite a modern folk etymology , not related to Ishtar .
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The lexeme continues, but modern Eastern Armenian normally writes ստույգ; the dossier displays the classical form because that is the comparative form in the historical literature.
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