The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂stḗr
- Old Persian · derived from𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼“star”
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromאֶסְתֵּר
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἘσθήρ
- English todayEsther
From Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /star-/, “star”) (whence Middle Persian 𐭮𐭲𐭫 (stl /star/, “star”), 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 (stʾlk /stārag/, “star”), Persian ستاره (sitāra /setâre, “star”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of star); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.