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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sterā

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).[1][2]

Noun

*sterā f

  1. star

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sterā *sterai *sterās
vocative *sterā *sterai *sterās
accusative *steram *sterai *sterāms
genitive *sterās *sterous *sterom
dative *sterāi *sterābom *sterābos
locative *sterai *? *?
instrumental *? *sterābim *sterābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *ster pl
    • Old Breton: *ster
    • Old Cornish: *ster
      • Middle Cornish: ster, steyr
    • Old Welsh: *ser
  • Old Irish: ser (hapax)
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Đirona

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sterā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 355
  2. Stifter, David (2018) “The stars look very different today”, in Ériu‎, volume 68
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