Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/steríh₂s

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *ster- (“sterile, infertile”) +‎ *-ih₂s.

Noun

*steríh₂s f[1][2][3]

sterile cow, heifer
barren woman

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*steríh₂s
genitive	*strih₂és
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*steríh₂s	*steríh₂h₁(e)	*steríh₂es
vocative	*steríh₂	*steríh₂h₁(e)	*steríh₂es
accusative	*steríh₂m̥	*steríh₂h₁(e)	*steríh₂m̥s
genitive	*strih₂és	*?	*strih₂óHom
ablative	*strih₂és	*?	*strih₂mós
dative	*strih₂éy	*?	*strih₂mós
locative	steríh₂, steríh₂i	*?	*strih₂sú
instrumental	*strih₂éh₁	*?	*strih₂bʰí

Alternative reconstructions

*stér-ih₂ ~ *str̥-yéh₂-s[4]

Derived forms

*sterih₂-ḗn[5]
- Tocharian: [Term?]
  - Tocharian B: śari (“young goat”)

Descendants

>? Albanian: *sterjā
- Albanian: shterrë
Germanic: *sterǭ (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic: *steřřə
- Ancient Greek: στεῖρα (steîra)
  - ⇒ Ancient Greek: στεῖρος (steîros)
Indo-Iranian: *staríHs[2]
- Indo-Aryan: *staríHs
  - Vedic Sanskrit: स्तरी (starī́)
Italic: *sterīs[1]
- ⇒ Italic: *sterelis (+ *-elis[1])
  - Latin: sterilis

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “sterilis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “starī́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) , “starī́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) , “1394”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page στεῖρα
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) , “śari”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 679

[EDL-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “sterilis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586

[IAIL-2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “starī́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[3] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) , “starī́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) , “1394”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page στεῖρα

[5] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) , “śari”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 679