Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sterā

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.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Noun

*sterā f

star

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sterā	*sterai	*sterās
vocative	*sterā	*sterai	*sterās
accusative	*steram	*sterai	*sterāms
genitive	*sterās	*sterous	*sterom
dative	*sterāi	*sterābom	*sterābos
locative	*sterai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*sterābim	*sterābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ster pl
- Old Breton: *ster
  - Middle Breton: ster
    - Breton: ster
- Old Cornish: *ster
  - Middle Cornish: ster, steyr
    - Cornish: ster
- Old Welsh: *ser
  - Middle Welsh: ser, syr
    - Welsh: sêr
Old Irish: ser (hapax)
⇒ Gaulish: *Đirona
- → Latin: Sirona

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, volume 68