See also: ster, Stèr, and -ster

Breton edit

 
stêr (rivière in French)

Etymology edit

From Old Breton staer, from Proto-Celtic *stagrā, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (to seep, drip) (compare Latin stāgnum (pond, pool), Ancient Greek στάζω (stázō, to drip)).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

stêr f (plural stêrioù)

  1. river
    Synonyms: richer, avon

Derived terms edit

Compounds edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353–4

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *Hstā́ (compare Persian ستاره (setâre), Pashto ستوری (storay), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (star)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar- (compare Sanskrit तारा (tārā)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (compare Latin stēlla, Tocharian A śre, English star).

Noun edit

stêr f

  1. star (a luminous celestial body)
  2. star, celebrity

See also edit