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Where does “starr” come from?
starr (German) comes from Middle High German star, from Old High German stara.
starr
(German): rigid
Definitions
rigid
Ancestry of “starr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle High German
star
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2
Old High German
stara
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Words derived from “starr”
erstarren
Starrsinn
Star
starrer
starrköpfig
halsstarrig
halsstarrig
Erstarrung
starrsinnig
Altersstarrsinn
Halsstarrigkeit
halsstarrigheid
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