Where does “startfulness” come from?
startfulness (English) comes from English startful, from English Start, from English Stark, from German stark, from Middle High German stark, from Old High German stark, from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną — rigid, stiff; to love.
startfulness (English): Tendency to start in fright; skittishness
Definitions
- Tendency to start in fright; skittishness
Ancestry of “startfulness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | startful | Tending to start in fright; skittish |
| 2 | English | Start | A typical button for video games, originally used... |
| 3 | English | Stark | The language spoken in the Ender's Game series,... |
| 4 | German | stark | strong; great, brilliant, awesome |
| 5 | Middle High German | stark | — |
| 6 | Old High German | stark | strong |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | starkuz | stiff; rigid; strong |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sterkaną | to become stiff, stiffen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterg- | rigid, stiff; to love |