Where does “sterz” come from?

sterz (German) comes from Old High German sterz, from Proto-Germanic stertaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

sterz (German): tail of an animal

Definitions

  1. tail of an animal

Ancestry of “sterz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansterztail; handle
2Proto-Germanicstertaztail
3Proto-Indo-European(s)terd-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stertaz →