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Eärendil, Easter, air, soar, east, Austria, Australia, early
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- dawn, east
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs Divinity of Dawn
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Germanic *auzi
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Germanic *Auziwandilaz Bright-Wanderer, Dawn-Wanderer, Morning Star personal name
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East Germanic
- Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 auzandil morning star (Venus), Lucifer
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North Germanic
- Old Norse Aurvandil
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West Germanic
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Old English Ēarendel
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Quenya Eärendil
- English Eärendil
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- Old High German Orentil
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Lombardic Auriwandalo
- Latin Horvandillus
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Hellenic
- Classical Greek ἠώς
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Indo-Iranian *Háwšās
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Indo-Aryan
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Sanskrit 𑀉𑀱𑀲𑁆 uṣás dawn, Divinity of Dawn
- Hindi उषा uṣā dawn
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Italic *auzōs
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Latin aurōra dawn, Divinity of Dawn
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Western Romance
- French aurore dawn, aurora
- Italian aurora dawn
- Spanish aurora aurora
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English aurora
- English aurora australis
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsro
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Albanian err dark, darkness
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Albanian terr dark, darkness
- Albanian terrtohem to scowl
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Balto-Slavic
- Lithuanian aušrà dawn, daybreak
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Slavic *ùtro dawn
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East Slavic
- Russian у́тро útro morning
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South Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian у̏тро jȕtro morning
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West Slavic
- Polish jutro tomorrow
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsḗr
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Hellenic *auhḗr
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Classical Greek ᾱ̓ήρ āḗr morning mist, mist, wind, air, color of the sky
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Latin āēr air
- Sardinian aera air
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian aer air
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Western Romance
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French air air
- English air
- Spanish aire air
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Italian aria air
- English aria
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- Classical Syriac ܐܐܪ aar air, breeze
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Classical Greek ἀέρος aéros of the air
- English aero-
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsreh₂
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Hellenic
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Classical Greek αὔρᾱ aúrā fresh air, breeze, steam
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Latin aura air, breeze
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Eastern Romance
- Aromanian avrã breeze, coolness, freshness
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Western Romance
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Old French ore wind
- French orage thunderstorm
- Italian ora blow, breeze
- Spanish orear to air
- Spanish orate crazy person
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- English aura
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Vulgar Latin *exaurare to rise into the air
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Western Romance
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Old French essorer
- French essorer to hang out to dry
- English soar
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsri
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Hellenic
- Greek αύριο ávrio tomorrow, soon
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂wōsrih₂
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Celtic *wārī sunrise, east
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Insular Celtic
- Old Irish fáir
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Brythonic
- Welsh gwawr dawn, daybreak
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsteros east contrastive, lit. "the dawn-er of them"
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Italic *austeros
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Latin auster southerly wind, south
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian austru dry wind from the south
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Western Romance
- Italian ostro southerly wind, the south
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Latin austrālis southern
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English Australia
- Hawaiʻian ʻAukekulelia Australia
- Irish An Astráil (The) Australia
- Japanese オーストラリア Ōsutoraria Australia
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Mandarin 澳大利亞 Àodàlìyà Australia
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Mandarin 澳(洲) Ào(zhōu) Australia (Continent)
- Vietnamese Úc (Châu) Australia (Continent)
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- English aurora australis
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂uso glow of dawn, gold
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Balto-Slavic
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East Baltic
- Lithuanian áuksas gold
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West Baltic
- Old Prussian ausis gold
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Latin aurum gold
- Sardinian oru gold
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian aur gold
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Western Romance
- French or gold
- Italian oro gold
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Spanish oro gold
- Albanian ar gold
- Basque urre gold
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Old Irish ór gold
- Irish ór gold
- Welsh aur gold
- Translingual Au
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Latin Aurēlius Golden (family name)
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Latin Aurelianus of the Golden (personal name)
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Latin Aurelianum
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Western Romance
- French Orleans
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Tocharian
- Arshian wäs gold
- Kushean yasā gold
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- day, morning
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyr̥ r-stem noun
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Indo-Iranian *Háyr̥
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Iranian
- Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri in the morning, early locative adverb
- Albanian herët early in the morning, at dawn
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Germanic *airi early
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East Germanic
- Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂 air early, soon
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West Germanic
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Old English ǣr early, previous, former
- English ere
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Germanic *airiz earlier
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Old Norse áðr already, before, ere, until
- Icelandic áður before, earlier, previously
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Germanic *airist earliest, first, foremost
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West Germanic
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Old English ǣrest first, at first
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English erst
- English erstwhile
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Frankish *ērist
- Dutch eerste first
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Old High German ērist earliest, first
- German erste first
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Germanic *airlīkaz early "early-like"
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North Germanic
- Old Norse árla early
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West Germanic
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Old English ǣrlīċ
- English early
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Hellenic
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Classical Greek ἦρι êri in the morning, early
- Classical Greek ἠρῐγένειᾰ ērigéneia early-born (Homeric epithet of Eos), dawn, day
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Classical Greek ἠρῐγέρων ērigérōn groundsel "early-old-man"
- Translingual Erigeron taxonomic genus in the Aster family
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Hellenic *ayeryos
- Classical Greek ἠέριος ēérios early in morning, at dawn
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Hellenic *ayeriston
- Classical Greek ᾱ̓́ρῑστον ā́rīston breakfast
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Collected English words
Eärendil, aurora, aurora australis, Easter, air, aria, aero-, aura, soar, east, Austria, Australia, aurora australis, Au, ere, erst, erstwhile, early, Erigeron
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Only Germanic langauges use cognates to "Easter" to refer to the Christian holiday. Most other languages use descendants of the Hebrew פָּסַח pasách: "Passover". For example, Italian Pasqua, Russian Па́сха Pásxa, Irish Cáisc (with regular p to c in early Latin borrowings).
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Latin words for cardinal directions, in this case oriens/levant, were replaced or supplemented in most Romance languages by borrowings from Old English. Weird.