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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).[1][2]
Noun
*sterā f
- star
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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*sterā
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*sterai
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*sterās
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| vocative
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*sterā
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*sterai
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*sterās
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| accusative
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*steram
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*sterai
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*sterāns
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| genitive
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*sterās
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*sterous
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*sterom
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| dative
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*sterāi
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*sterābom
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*sterābos
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| locative
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*sterai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*sterābim
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*sterābis
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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
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sterā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 355
- ^ Stifter, David (2018) “The stars look very different today”, in Ériu[1], volume 68