its a German word and means "longer", the days are getting longer. The English word is Easter and coms from the God from the fertility Eostre in Germany. At the 21st of March the people came together to make big fires and pray tot the God of darkness to give back the light. The played games and hide eggs wich where painted in red and gold to symbolize the hided sunbeams. It was also a sign of fertility. That's for what I know about Easter or "Ostern" in gthe German language or "Pasen" in the Dutch language.