English · noun

star

‘a star’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
star
star
French
étoile
étoile
Hindi
ताराtārā
तारा
Telugu
నక్షత్రంnakṣatraṁ
నక్షత్రం
Tamil
நட்சத்திரம்naṭcattiram
நட்சத்திரம்
  • நட்சத்திரம்Tamil⟷నక్షత్రంTelugu· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source

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  1. 01star is an English noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('a star') can be approximated as HAVE(SEE, ABOVE, FAR) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.4 steps
  3. 03star is inherited from Reconstructed:PIE *h₂stḗr ‘star’ (confidence 0.85).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:star-pie-en0.85
    • sourcewatkins0.85
  4. 04तारा is cognate with en star (confidence 0.50) [contested].3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:star-cog0.50
    • sourcewatkins0.50
  5. 05Aligned forms: French étoile (translation equivalent); Hindi तारा (tārā) (translation equivalent); Tamil நட்சத்திரம் (naṭcattiram) (translation equivalent); Telugu నక్షత్రం (nakṣatraṁ) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *h₂stḗrReconstructed:PIE— inherited →star accepted
    watkins0.85
  2. starEnglish— cognate →तारा contested
    watkins0.50