- stē̆ r-2
- stē̆ r-2English meaning: starDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘stern”Material: O.Ind. instr. pl. stŕ̥bhiḥ, nom. pl. türaḥ m. ‘sterne”, tarü f. ‘star”, Av. acc. sg. stü̆ rǝm, gen. stürō, pl. nom. staras-ča, stürō, acc. strǝ̄ uš, gen. strǝ̄ m, dat. stǝrǝbyō ‘star”; Arm. astɫ, gen. asteɫ ‘star, stars”; Gk. ἀστήρ, -έρος ‘star”, collective ἄστρα “jũnger” ἄστρον ‘stern, stars” (out of it Lat. astrum), wherefore probably with (ὠπ-)ὀπ-: (ἀ)στεροπή, ἀστραπή “lightning, Wetterleuchten”, στέροψ “flimmernd”, (ἀ)στράπτω “flash, sparkle, glitter”, ἀστεροπητής, ἀστεροπαῖος “Blitzeschleuderer (Zeus)”; without anl. s- (as O.Ind. türaḥ , tarü) τερέων gen. pl., with metr. lengthening τείρεα, τείρεσιν “Gestirne”; Lat. stēlla ‘stern” (*stēr- [o]lü, diminutive); Bret. sterenn, Corn. sterenn (pl. steyr), Welshseren ‘stern” (pl. ser), M.Ir. ser ‘stern” (ZfcPh. 19, 200); in addition lengthened grade Gaul. GN Dɦirona, Sirona; Goth. staírnō, O.H.G. sterno, O.N. stjarna ‘stern” and O.H.G. O.S. sterro, O.E. steorra ‘stern” (*sters- to s-stem *steros?), O.Fris. stēra ‘stern” (or stēre f.). Maybe Alb. (*Hstēr-[o]lü, diminutive > abbreviated hyll ‘star”. O.Ind. instr. pl. str ̥́ bhih ̣, nom. pl. türah ̣ m. ‘stars”, tar ü f. ‘star”, Av. acc. sg. st ü̆ rǝm, gene. stür ō, pl. nom. staras- a, stür ō, acc. str ǝ̄ uš, gene. str ǝ̄ m, dat. stǝrǝby ō ‘star”; poor. ast ɫ, gen.aste ɫ “ star, stars “; Gk. ἀστήρ, - έρος ‘star”, collective ἄστρα “more recently” ἄστρον “ star, stars “ (from it Lat. astrum), for what probably with (ὠπ-) ὀπ: (ἀ) στεροπή, ἀστραπή “ flash, summer lightning “, στέροψ ‘shimmering”, (ἀ) στράπτω “ flashes, sparkle “, ἀστεροπητής, ἀστεροπαῖος “ Blitzeschleuderer (Zeus) “; without on the occasion of s-(how O.Ind. türah ̣, tar ü) τερέων gene. pl., with metr. Stretch τείρεα, τείρεσιν ‘stars”; Lat. stēlla ‘star” (*stēr-[o] l ü, diminutive); Bret. sterenn, Corn. sterenn (pl. steyr), Welshseren ‘star” (pl. ser), to me. ser ‘star” (ZfcPh. 19, 200) stjarna ‘star” and O.H.G. O.S. sterro, O.E. steorra ‘star” (*sters to p. stem *steros?), O.Fris. stēra ‘star” (or stēre f.).References: WP. II 635 f., WH. II 587 f., Scherer Gestirnnamen 18 ff., Frisk Gk. Et. Wb. 170 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.