æfensteorra
Old English
noun
Definitions
- the evening star: Venus as seen in the early evening
Etymology
Compound from Old English ǣfen (evening) + Old English steorra (star).
Origin
Old English
steorra
Gloss
star
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
星
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eve English
- *sternô Proto-Germanic
- *sternǭ Proto-Germanic
- dægsteorra Old English
- giestranæfen Old English
- steorra Old English
- steorwiglere Old English
- æfenglom Old English
- æfnian Old English
- ǣfen Old English
- sterre Middle English
- *sterrō gmw-pro
- ster Scots