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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ster

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This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *sterās, plural of *sterā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. The Proto-Celtic nominative singular and plural would have become homophones in Proto-Brythonic, and in this case the plural was generalized.

Noun

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*ster f pl (singulative *sterenn)

  1. stars

Descendants

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  • Old Breton: *ster
  • Old Cornish: *ster
  • Old Welsh: *ser

Reconstruction notes

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For the three Old Brythonic languages the reflexes of *ster are not directly attested, but these can easily be inferred from the the attested singulatives; Old Breton sterenn, Old Cornish steren, Old Welsh serenn.

References

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R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sêr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies