Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/steríh₂s

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

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

Noun

*steríh₂s f[1][2][3]

  1. sterile cow, heifer
  2. barren woman

Inflection

Possibly original paradigm:

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *stérih₂(s)
genitive *str̥yéh₂s
singular dual plural
nominative *stérih₂(s) *stérih₂h₁(e) *stérih₂es
vocative *stérih₂ *stérih₂h₁(e) *stérih₂es
accusative *stérih₂m̥ *stérih₂h₁(e) *stérih₂m̥s
genitive *str̥yéh₂s *? *str̥yéh₂oHom
ablative *str̥yéh₂s *? *str̥yéh₂mos, *str̥yéh₂bʰos
dative *str̥yéh₂ey *? *str̥yéh₂mos, *str̥yéh₂bʰos
locative *str̥yéh₂, *str̥yéh₂i *? *str̥yéh₂su
instrumental *str̥yéh₂h₁ *? *str̥yéh₂mis, *str̥yéh₂bʰis

Alternative paradigm, possibly a secondary development:

Athematic
singular
nominative *steríh₂(s)
genitive *steríh₂s
singular dual plural
nominative *steríh₂(s) *steríh₂h₁(e) *steríh₂es
vocative *steríh₂ *steríh₂h₁(e) *steríh₂es
accusative *steríh₂m̥ *steríh₂h₁(e) *steríh₂m̥s
genitive *steríh₂s *? *steríh₂oHom
ablative *steríh₂s *? *steríh₂mos, *steríh₂bʰos
dative *steríh₂ey *? *steríh₂mos, *steríh₂bʰos
locative *steríh₂, *steríh₂i *? *steríh₂su
instrumental *steríh₂h₁ *? *steríh₂mis, *steríh₂bʰis

Alternative reconstructions

  • *stér-ih₂ ~ *str̥-yéh₂-s[4]

Derived terms

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

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *sterjā (suffix reanalyzed as thematic *-y-eh₂)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *stéřřə
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *staríH(s)[2]
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *staríH(s)
      • Vedic Sanskrit: स्तरी (starī́), nom.sg. स्तरीः (starī́ḥ)
  • Proto-Italic: *sterī(s)[1]
    • ⇒? Proto-Italic: *sterī-li-s (but more likely *sterelis, from *ster- + *-elis)[1]
      • >? Latin: sterilis (with analogical shortening of the second syllable?) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “starī́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University: “stariH-”
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “starī́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στεῖρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1394
  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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.