stêr

See also: ster, Stèr, and -ster

Breton
stêr (rivière in French)

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛːr/

Noun

stêr f (plural stêrioù)

  1. river
    Synonyms: richer, avon

Derived terms
  • adstêr
  • etrestêr
  • stêrek
  • stêrenn
  • stêriad
  • stêriañ
  • stêriek
  • stêrig

Compounds
  • chevred-stêr
  • kaiak-stêr
  • meurstêr
  • roeñverezh-stêr
  • stêr-gannañ
  • stêr-vihan
  • stêr-vor
  • stêr-walc'hiñ
  • stêrdachenn
  • stêrhent
  • stêrwennel

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

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

stêr f

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

See also
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