Where does “اشتیر” come from?

اشتیر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Bulgarian щир, from Greek στείρος, from Ancient Greek στεῖρος, from Proto-Hellenic steřřos, from Proto-Indo-European ster-yos, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

اشتیر (Ottoman Turkish): blite (Amaranthus gen. et spp., particularly Amaranthus blitum)

Definitions

  1. blite (Amaranthus gen. et spp., particularly Amaranthus blitum)

Ancestry of “اشتیر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianщирamaranth (Amaranthus gen. et spp.)
2Greekστείροςinfertile, sterile, barren unable to procreate
3Ancient Greekστεῖροςbarren, infertile
4Proto-Hellenicsteřřos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanster-yos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “اشتیر”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-yos →Every word from Proto-Hellenic steřřos →