- ἀστήρ
- ἀστήρ, -έροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `star' (Il.).Other forms: Pl. mostly. ἄστρα, sec. sg. ἄστρον.Derivatives: ἀστέριον, also name of a plant (Crateuas; s. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 48, 50); - ἀστερίας fish- and bird name (Philyll.), Strömberg Fischnamen 28, Thompson Birds 57); ἀστερίτης (λίθος) name of a mythical stone (Ptol. Heph., cf. Redard Les noms grecs en -της 52), fem. ἀστερῖτις a plant (Ps.-Apul., Redard 69).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1027] *h₂ster- `star'Etymology: Compare Arm. astɫ `id.', further e.g. Bret. sterenn, Goth. staírno, Toch. B ścirye, Av. acc. sg. stār-ǝm, Skt. nom. pl. tā́raḥ (the absence of the s- unexplained), instr. stŕ̥-bhiḥ; Lat. stella \< *stēr-lā or rather *stēl-nā, Hitt. hasterza \/hsterz\/. Not here ἀστεροπή (q.v.) - Krogmann KZ 63, 256ff. and v. Windekens Revue belge de phil. 21, 141ff. connected PIE. ā̆s- `burn', Pok. 68, which seems quite probable. Sumerian-Babylonian origin (Ištar `Venus'; z. B. Ipsen IF 41, 179ff.) is most improbable, cf. Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 481, Specht KZ 62, 249 m. A. 3, Scherer Gestirnnamen 23 (also p. 18ff.).Page in Frisk: 1,170-171
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.