PIE *H2ester- "star"

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 45745
Date: 2006-08-16

Hittite: astira- c. 'Stern?' (Tischler 86), haster- c. (204ff)

Old Indian: pl. nom. stRn.as, tāras, gen. str.n.ām, instr. stRbhiṣ m. `star'; tarā f. Stern }

Avestan: acc. stār&m, gen. stārō, pl. staras-ča, stārō, acc. strǝ̄us, gen. strǝ̄n, dat. stǝrǝbyō 'Stern'

Other Iranian: Pers. setāra 'star'; Afg. storay 'star', stǝrga 'eye' (*'starlet')

Armenian: astɫ, gen. asteɫ `Stern, Gestirn'

Old Greek: astḗr, -éros, pl. ástra `Stern'; asteropǟ́ f. `Blitz', steropǟ́, astrapǟ́ `id.'; { pl. gen. teré-ōn (metr. Dehn. tẹ̄́reoi̯n) Gestirne }

Germanic: *stir-n-a- m., *stir-n-ōn- f., -an- m.; *stirr-ōn- f., -an- m.

Latin: stēlla f. `Stern'

Celtic: Bret sterenn, Corn sterenn (pl. steyr), Cymr seren `Stern'

Tokharian: A śre (pl. śreñ), B śćirye (PT *śćäriye) 'star' (Adams 640)


Tokarian, Germanic, Indian points to a *H2ester-n. Thinking about Armenian and Latin L-forms I'd sugest  a n/r form *H2ester-r / H2ester-n, with *H2ester-r dissimilated to *H2ester-l

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