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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starati

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

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Cognate with Lithuanian starìnti (to pull with difficulty) (1sg. starinù), Latvian starîgs (zealous), Old Prussian stūrnawiskan f (seriousness, importance, ins. sg.), Old English stierne (serious, strict), Latin sternāx (absurd), strēnuus (active), Ancient Greek στρηνής (strēnḗs, hard, sharp), στρῆνος (strênos, force).

Verb

*starati

  1. to try, to attempt
  2. to care

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic
    • Belarusian: стара́цца (starácca)
    • Russian: стараться (staratʹsja)
    • Ukrainian: старатися (staratysja)
  • South Slavic
    • Bulgarian: стара́я се (starája se)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: старати
      Latin: starati
    • Slovene: stȃrati se (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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