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
Ancestry of “star”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | star | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | *star | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *star | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | staraz | stiff |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tern- | starling |