From: Rick McCallister
Message: 48397
Date: 2007-04-30
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> --- 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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