Where does “star” come from?

star (Maltese) comes from Arabic ستار, from Persian سه‌تار, from Persian سه, from Old Persian 𐏂, from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

star (Maltese): veil

Definitions

  1. veil

Ancestry of “star”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicستارveil; screen; curtain
2Persianسه‌تارsetar
3PersianسهAPI •; three; black
4Old Persian𐏂The thirty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script
5Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
6Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian θráyah →