--- patrick cuadrado <
dicoceltique@...> wrote:
> IE ster- no fertile
> i've got
> Germanic Steuraz = young bullock. Gotique Stiur.
> Vieil Anglais Steor < Anglais Steer.
> Allemand/Néerlandais Stier. Vieux Suédois Stior.
> Vieux Norrois Stjorr.
> Gotic Stairo
> Grec Stereshtai = to disinherit
> Old Slavic Sterica = Barren Cow and Staru = Old.
> Tchec Stary = Old
> Celtic Stirona = Heifer
>
> IE = Steu-ro = to be big ?
> Avestan Staora = Big herd. Middle Perse Stor =
> Horse
> Sanskrit Sthura = compact/Thick and Strarih =
> Fertile cow (?)
I'd say *ster- and *sta_xró- are unrelated. It's
just that both 'barren' and 'big/strong/fat' can be
applied to certain kinds of cattle.
The variety of forms for *sta_xró are due only to
2 optional rules that happen to apply to the sounds
found in the structure of the word as below:
* stàx+ 'stand upright'
* stàx+w+ > * stwàx+ 'become upright' >
'grow up/tall/big/strong/thick/fat/old'
* sta_waxrá+ 'big/strong/thick/fat/old'
sta_waxrás
sta_waxrás .. sta_uxrás
sta_wx,rás .. sta_uxrás
sta_wx,rás .. sta_uxrás .. stu_uxrás
sta_wx,rás .. sta_uxrás .. stu_uxrás
sta_wx,rás .. sta_xrás ... stu_xrás
ste_wx,rós .. ste_xrós ... stu_xrós
ste_wx,rós .. sta_xrós ... stu_xrós
0>a / w_x$
a>0 / C$_C [opt. between w & x]
a-tone > 0 / _X$ etc.
a+mid tone > u / _u$ [opt.]
a+mid tone > i / _i$ [opt.]
u>0 / V_X$
i>0 / V_X$
a_>e_
à>è
á>ó
e/o>a by x etc.
* ste_wx,ró- > sthávira-, staora-, stiur, OE stéor,
Arm stoyg 'certain', etc.
* stu_xró- > sthu:rá-
* sta_xró- > ON stór-r 'big', OCS starU 'old' Lith
storas 'thick'
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