From star + rise, by analogy with sunrise and moonrise.
Formed from star + rise
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ‘star’
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Proto-West Germanic *sternō
Proto-West Germanic *sterrō
Old English steorra ‘star’
Middle English sterre
English star
Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ‘to rise’
Proto-West Germanic *rīsan ‘to rise’
Old English rīsan ‘to rise’
Middle English risen ‘to rise’
English rise
Today it means
noun The time of day or night when a given star appears above the horizon.
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Etymograph / starrise
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