Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/steríh₂s

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *ster- (“sterile, infertile”) +‎ *-ih₂s.

Noun

*steríh₂s f^[1]^[2]^[3]

sterile cow, heifer
barren woman

Inflection

Athematic
	singular
nominative	*steríh₂s
genitive	*steríh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*steríh₂s	*steríh₂h₁(e)	*steríh₂es
vocative	*steríh₂	*steríh₂h₁(e)	*steríh₂es
accusative	*steríh₂m̥	*steríh₂h₁(e)	*steríh₂m̥s
genitive	*steríh₂s	*?	*steríh₂oHom
ablative	*steríh₂s	*?	steríh₂mos, steríh₂bʰos
dative	*steríh₂ey	*?	steríh₂mos, steríh₂bʰos
locative	steríh₂, steríh₂i	*?	*steríh₂su
instrumental	*steríh₂h₁	*?	steríh₂mis, steríh₂bʰis

Alternative reconstructions

*stér-ih₂ ~ *str̥-yéh₂-s^[4]

Derived terms

*sterih₂-ḗn^[5]
- Proto-Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: śari (“young goat”)

Descendants

>? Proto-Albanian: *sterjā
- Albanian: shterrë
Proto-Germanic: *sterǭ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *steřřə
- Ancient Greek: στεῖρα (steîra)
  - ⇒ Ancient Greek: στεῖρος (steîros)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *staríHs^[2]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *staríHs
  - Vedic Sanskrit: स्तरी (starī́)
Proto-Italic: *sterīs^[1]
- ⇒ Proto-Italic: *sterelis (+ *-elis^[1])
  - Latin: sterilis (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sterilis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “starī́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “starī́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “1394”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page στεῖρα
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “śari”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 679

[EDL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sterilis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586

[IAIL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “starī́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[3] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “starī́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “1394”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page στεῖρα

[5] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “śari”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 679

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