 | ThisProto-Brythonic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
FromProto-Celtic*sterās, plural of*sterā, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr. The Proto-Celtic nominative singular and plural would have become homophones in Proto-Brythonic, and in this case the plural was generalized.
*ster f pl (singulative*sterenn)
For the three Old Brythonic languages the reflexes of*ster are not directly attested, but these can easily be inferred from the attested singulatives;Old Bretonsterenn,Old Cornishsteren,Old Welshserenn.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sêr”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies