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]

    1. old

    Descendants

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

    References

    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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