Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sterh₃-

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

Extension of *ster- (“to spread”).

Root

*sterh₃- (perfective)^[1]

to spread, extend, stretch out

Extensions

*strew-
*str̥h₃-g-
- Italic:
  - Latin: strāgēs
  - Latin: strāgulus

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sterh₃- (28 c, 0 e)

*stérh₃-t ~ *str̥h₃-ént (root aorist)^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: अस्तरीः (astarīḥ, 2sg.aor.)
*str̥-né-h₃-ti ~ *str̥-n-h₃-énti (nasal-infix present)^[1]
- Proto-Celtic: *starnāti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: στόρνῡμι (stórnūmi) (reshaped to νυ-present, with -ορ- from aorist στορέσαι (storésai))
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *str̥náHti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *sternō
  - Latin: sternō
*str̥h₃-tó-s
*stérh₃-mn̥ ~ *str̥h₃-mén-s (“that which is strewn/spread; bedding”)
- ⇒ *str̥h₃-m̥n-eh₂
  - Proto-Hellenic: *strōmnā́
    - Ancient Greek: στρωμνή (strōmnḗ)
- Proto-Hellenic: *strṓmə
  - Ancient Greek: στρῶμα (strôma) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *stárHma
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stárHma
    - Sanskrit: स्तरीमन् (stárīman)
  - Proto-Iranian: *stárHma
    - Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀 (stər^əma, “bed”)
- Proto-Italic: *strāmən
  - Latin: strāmen
*storh₃-o-
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: torus, storea (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

Proto-Albanian: *śt(a)rē-
- Albanian: shtroj
Proto-Albanian: *strinja
- Albanian: shtrij
Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *stornà (“side; land”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *sterti (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *prosterti (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *starnati (“to strew, broaden”)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: στέρνον (stérnon)
- Ancient Greek: στορέννῡμι (storénnūmi), στρώννῡμι (strṓnnūmi) (byforms of στόρνῡμι (stórnūmi))
>? Proto-Italic:
- Latin: stirps

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: स्तॄ (stṝ)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ster-, sterə-:strē-, steru-:streu- 'ausbreiten, ausstreuen'”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1029-1030
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sterh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 599-600

[LIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sterh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 599-600

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