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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂stḗr

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

Etymology

Apparently from *h₂e(h₁)s- (“to burn, glow”) +‎ *-tḗr (agentive nominal suffix), so that the result literally meant “glower, shiner”. Compare *h₂éh₁tēr (“fire”).

Noun

*h₂stḗr m[1]

  1. star

Inflection
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
  • 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-
    • Tocharian A: śre, (plural) śren̄
    • Tocharian B: ścirye
  • →? Proto-Semitic: *ʕaṯtar- (“Ishtar, Astarte”, name of a star goddess) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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