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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | ster-3 |
| DEFINITION: | Star. Oldest form * 2ster-. 1. Suffixed form *ster-s-. star, from Old English steorra, star, from Germanic *sterz n-. 2. Suffixed form *st r-l -. stellar, stellate; constellation, from Latin stlla, star. 3. Basic form *ster-. aster, asteriated, asterisk, asterism, asteroid, astral, astro-; astraphobia, disaster, from Greek astr, star, with its derivative astron, star, and possible compound astrap, asterop, lightning, twinkling (< “looking like a star”; ps, op-, eye, appearance; see okw-). 4. Esther1, perhaps from Persian sitareh, star, from Iranian stem *st r- (or perhaps of Semitic origin; see c tr in Appendix II). (Pokorny 2. st r- 1027.) |
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