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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starati

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

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Cognate with Lithuanian starìnti (to pull with difficulty) (1sg. starinù), Latvian starîgs (zealous), Old Prussian stūrnawiskan f (seriousness, importance, ins. sg.), Old English stierne (serious, strict), Latin sternāx (absurd), strēnuus (active), Ancient Greek στρηνής (strēnḗs, hard, sharp), στρῆνος (strênos, force).

Verb

*starati (sę)

  1. (reflexive) to try, to attempt

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “старая се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 433
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стараться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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