Where does “strong verb” come from?

strong verb (English) comes from German starkes Verb, 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.

strong verb (English): Any of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut...

Ancestry of “strong verb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstarkes Verbstrong verb
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

Words derived from “strong verb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sterkaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic starkuz →