Where does “staart” come from?

staart (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch stert, from Old Dutch stert, from Proto-West Germanic *stert, from Proto-Germanic stertaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

staart (Dutch): A tail on an animal; An object dangling like an...