Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂stḗr
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This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-European[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Apparently from *h₂e(h₁)s- (“to burn, glow”) + *-tḗr (agentive nominal suffix), so that the result literally meant “glower, shiner”. Compare *h₂éh₁tēr (“fire”).
Noun[edit]
*h₂stḗr m[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Athematic, hysterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *h₂stḗr | ||
| genitive | *h₂strés | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *h₂stḗr | *h₂stérh₁(e) | *h₂stéres |
| vocative | *h₂stér | *h₂stérh₁(e) | *h₂stéres |
| accusative | *h₂stérm̥ | *h₂stérh₁(e) | *h₂stérm̥s |
| genitive | *h₂strés | *? | *h₂stróHom |
| ablative | *h₂strés | *? | *h₂str̥mós |
| dative | *h₂stréy | *? | *h₂str̥mós |
| locative | *h₂stér, *h₂stéri | *? | *h₂str̥sú |
| instrumental | *h₂stréh₁ | *? | *h₂str̥mís |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Anatolian: *Hstḗrs (see there for further descendants)
- Armenian:
- Proto-Celtic: *sterā (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *sternǭ, *sternô (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *astḗr (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hstā́ (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Italic: *stērlā (diminutive)
- Latin: stēlla (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *ścär-iye-
- →? Proto-Semitic: *ʕaṯtar- (“Ishtar, Astarte”, name of a star goddess) (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN