Where does “Starkling” come from?

Starkling (English) comes from English Stark, 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.

Starkling (English): Any of the six children of Ned Stark in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones

Definitions

  1. Any of the six children of Ned Stark in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones

Ancestry of “Starkling”, step by step

Starkling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Stark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStarkThe language spoken in the Ender's Game series,...
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

via English Ling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLingAny of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae
2Middle EnglishlingAny of various varieties of heather or broom
3Old Norselyngheather, ling
4Proto-Germaniclingwąheather, ling
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterg-Every word from Proto-Germanic sterkanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic starkuz
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