ster
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- star
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish ster (star, -eress, any luminous astronomical meteorological phenomenon, -ster) inherited from Middle Dutch sterne inherited from Old Dutch sterno inherited from Proto-Germanic *sternô derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (star).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂stḗr
Gloss
star
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
星
Emoji
✨ ⭐️ 🌃 🌞 🌟 🌠 👨🎤 👩🎤 💫 🤩 🧑🎤 🌝 🔭
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- star English
- stella Latin
- stēlla Latin
- Jodenster Dutch, Flemish
- Poolster Dutch, Flemish
- avondster Dutch, Flemish
- barrevoetster Dutch, Flemish
- dubbelster Dutch, Flemish
- dwaalster Dutch, Flemish
- dwergster Dutch, Flemish
- filmster Dutch, Flemish
- hoofdreeksster Dutch, Flemish
- jetskiester Dutch, Flemish
- kamster Dutch, Flemish
- kerstster Dutch, Flemish
- morgenster Dutch, Flemish
- neutronenster Dutch, Flemish
- poolster Dutch, Flemish
- popster Dutch, Flemish
- pornoster Dutch, Flemish
- slangster Dutch, Flemish
- staartster Dutch, Flemish
- ster Dutch, Flemish
- sterallure Dutch, Flemish
- steranijs Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenbeeld Dutch, Flemish
- sterrendom Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenhoop Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenkijker Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenkind Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenkunde Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenregen Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenschot Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenstelsel Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenstof Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenwichelaar Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenwichelarij Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenzwerm Dutch, Flemish
- werpster Dutch, Flemish
- zeester Dutch, Flemish
- ἄστρον Ancient Greek
- *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₁s- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *sternô Proto-Germanic
- *sternǭ Proto-Germanic
- steorra Old English
- तृ Sanskrit
- seter Indonesian
- sterne Middle Dutch
- sterre Middle Dutch
- sterno Old High German
- աստղ Old Armenian
- anys Afrikaans
- steranys Afrikaans
- sterno Old Dutch
- sterro Old Dutch
- *sterā Proto-Celtic
- *Hstar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hstā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hstā́rā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sterro Old Saxon
- *stērolā Proto-Italic
- stēra Old Frisian
- 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 Old Persian
- ἀστέριον grc-koi
- *astḗr Proto-Hellenic
- *ścär-iye- Proto-Tocharian
- *Hstḗrs Proto-Anatolian