ster-6

English meaning                      sterile

German meaning                     `unfruchtbar'

Grammatical comments         

General comments                  alte Sonderanwendung von ster- `steif'

Derivatives                             

Material                                   Ai. starī́- f. `unfruchtbare Kuh';

                arm. sterj `unfruchtbar, von Tieren', auch sterd (*ster-dh-o-, -i̯o-);

                gr. στεῖρα f. `unfruchtbare' (Kuh, Frau), στέριφος `unfruchtbar' (und `starr');

                alb. shtjerrë `junge Kuh, Lamm';

                lat. sterilis `unfruchtbar';

                got. stairō f. `unfruchtbar', ahd. stero `Widder'; mit k- erweitert mndd. sterke `junge Kuh', ags. stierc `Kalb'; isl. stirtla `unfruchtbare Kuh';

                bulg. sterica `Gelte'.

References                              WP. II 640 f., WH. II 589 f.

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