Where does “stærkt verbum” come from?

stærkt verbum (Danish) comes from German starkes Verb, from German stark, from Middle High German stark, from Old High German stark, from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sterg- — rigid, stiff; to love.

stærkt verbum (Danish): strong verb

Definitions

  1. strong verb

Ancestry of “stærkt verbum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstarkes Verbstrong verb
2Germanstarkstrong; great, brilliant, awesome
3Middle High Germanstark—
4Old High Germanstarkstrong
5Proto-Germanicstarkuzstiff; rigid; strong
6Proto-Germanicsterkanąto become stiff, stiffen
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterg-rigid, stiff; to love
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterg- →