Words that come from Proto-Germanic “sterkaną”

100 words across 23 languages descend from Proto-Germanic sterkaną — including stark, starch, starkly, starchy, cornstarch, starchiness, nonstarchy, nonstarch.

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English (25)

German (11)

Swedish (10)

Middle English (9)

Finnish (6)

Danish (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old High German (3)

Old Norse (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old English (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Icelandic (1)

Faroese (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Middle High German (1)