Where does “stær” come from?

stær (Danish) comes from Old Norse stari, from Proto-Germanic staraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- — starling.

stær (Danish): starling

Definitions

  1. starling

Ancestry of “stær”, step by step

stær traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse stari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestari—
2Proto-Germanicstarazstiff
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tern-starling

via Middle Low German star

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstar—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- →Every word from Proto-Germanic staraz →Every word from Old Norse stari →