*t-r- “star”
PMA tara “star, class of deities” EIEC: *H2sté:r, (e)r- “star” ser “star” Old Irish sêr (collective ) “stars” Welsh seren (singulative) “star” Welsh ster(enn) “star” Breton ste:lla (< *ste:r(o)la:, *ste:l-na:?) “star” Latin stjarna (fem.) “star” Old Norse steorra (masc.) “star” Old English star English sterno “star” Old High German staírno: (< *stern-o:n) “star” Gothic astér (masc.) “star” Greek astl “star” Armenian hasterz(a) (< *H2ste:r-s) “star” Hittite sta:rëm (acc.) “star” Avestan tá:rah (pl.) “stars” Sanskrit strbhih (pl. instr.) “with the stars” Sanskrit sreñ (pl.) “stars” TokharianA scirye (fem.) “star” TokharianB TP : According to EIEC, the root should be derived from H2eH-s- “burn” (see above), which would make -te:r a suffix. I suggest instead that -te:r- is an independent morpheme meaning “star” found also in Sanskrit ta:ra- (and so this form is no longer a problem, as in EIEC's analysis. PMA kalo-kalo- “star” Fiji kalo-u- “falling star” Fiji tolu- name of star or planet in Melanesia and N. Zealand tol- “star” Ceram tolu- “star” Matabello tala- “star” Philippines kalo- “class of gods” Hawai'i tera-k- “meteor” Malagasy taura- “star” Ouma n-tala- “star” Manggarai dala- “star” Ngada, Li'o, Sika taleyan- “star” Nimowa dara- “sun” Siko tala- “to shine, of sun and moon” Lau pan-tala- “star” Solor dalo- “star” Sentani thila- “to shine” Fiji taliso- “to glitter” Fiji tilang- “sky” Ambrym tare- “light” Yui Back