Where does “star” come from?

star (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch star, from Old Dutch *star, from Proto-West Germanic *star, from Proto-Germanic staraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- — starling.

star (Dutch): stiff, frozen; rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, frozen; rigid

Ancestry of “star”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstar—
2Old Dutch*star—
3Proto-West Germanic*starstiff
4Proto-Germanicstarazstiff
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tern-starling

Words derived from “star”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- →Every word from Proto-Germanic staraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *star →