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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *stāˀras, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ró-s. Morphologically *stati + *-rъ.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian stóras (thick, fat).

Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *stōraz, Sanskrit स्थिर (sthira).

Adjective

*stàrъ (comparative *starějь)

  1. old

Inflection

Accent paradigm a.

Derived terms

  • *starьcь m (old man), *starica f (old woman)
  • *starěti (to grow old)
  • *starostь (anility, state of being old)
  • *starokъ (veteran, elderly)
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-‎ (0 c, 12 e)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 465
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “старый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “старый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 199
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “старый”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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