East, Easter, yeast

Easter is probably originated from Eostre, the goddess of dawn. Dawn is often associated with the east. Every morning, the sun rises from the east, symbolizing rebirth. This is probably how Easter, a day of resurrection and rebirth, is related to east. This is also probably why Easter is at the spring time, a time of birth and growth.

The goddess of dawn is the symbol of youth and fecundity. Bunnies, which are very fecund, and eggs are popular at Easter time.

 Yeast is very fecund. Yeast is probably related to Easter and east. 

 In Chinese, people from the east are called 东夷。东 is east. 夷 means eastern people. It is pronounced ‘ea’ in east or ‘yea’ in yeast. Could 夷 be related to east?

Easter ----->   Istan.  Istan is holy in Turkish language. The capital of Turkey is Istanbul. The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana. Istan and Astan are related to Easter.

汉语单音节的惯例，把'东'一个音节保留了下来。这么多部落，无穷多的古代语言，关于东，仅仅一个说法，似乎不太可能，一定有遗失。考虑到eastern来自荷兰语枫树 esdoorn, doorn 也许是留下来的部分 '东'， es 可能是遗失的部分'夷'。

芬兰语说东是itaan, 和希伯莱人说的东方伊甸乐园eden一致。希伯莱语说枫树是 eder, 也非常一致。

芬兰语 说 东 itaan =  i+ taan =  夷  + 东。

 夷的古音li. 也许跟黎明的'黎'有关， 'the god of dawn'.