Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/stā́ˀras

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ró-s, likely an extension of *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Old Norse stórr (“big”).^[1]

Adjective

*stā́ˀras^[2]

old

Descendants

Lithuanian: stóras
Proto-Slavic: *starъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “storas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*starъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465: “*stāˀras”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “storas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*starъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465: “*stāˀras”

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