Where does “stir” come from?
Stir comes from Middle English stiren, from Old English styrian, from Proto-Germanic sturjaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer-, ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti.
stir (English): To incite to action; To disturb the relative...
Definitions
- To incite to action; To disturb the relative...
Ancestry of “stir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romani | stariben | prison |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आतिष्ठति | stand or remain by |
| 3 | Sanskrit | तिष्ठति | to stand, stand firmly, station oneself, stand... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | (s)tíṣṭaHti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | stíštaHti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
Words derived from “stir”