Where does “Stirn” come from?

Stirn (German) comes from Middle High German stirne, from Old High German stirna, from Proto-West Germanic stirniju — forehead.

Stirn (German): forehead; frons

Definitions

  1. forehead; frons

Ancestry of “Stirn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstirne—
2Old High Germanstirnaforehead
3Proto-West Germanicstirnijuforehead

Words derived from “Stirn”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic stirniju →Every word from Old High German stirna →Every word from Middle High German stirne →