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Where does “ստերջ” come from?

ստերջ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ստերջ, from Proto-Indo-European steryo-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

ստերջ (Armenian): sterile, barren; fruitless, vain

Definitions

  1. sterile, barren; fruitless, vain

Ancestry of “ստերջ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianստերջsterile, barren
2Proto-Indo-Europeansteryo-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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