Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “sterg-”

120 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sterg- — including stark, starch, starkly, starchy, cornstarch, storge, starchiness, nonstarchy.

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English (26)

German (11)

Swedish (10)

Middle English (9)

Finnish (6)

Danish (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Scottish Gaelic (4)

Ancient Greek (3)

Old High German (3)

Old Irish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old English (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Icelandic (1)

Faroese (1)

Greek (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Russian (1)

Latin (1)

Polish (1)

Irish (1)

Proto-Slavic (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Middle High German (1)