Where does “stier” come from?

stier (German) comes from Middle High German stier, from Old High German stior, from Proto-Germanic steuraz, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

stier (German): rigid, unyielding, starched, stiffened; broke,...

Definitions

  1. rigid, unyielding, starched, stiffened; broke,...

Ancestry of “stier”, step by step

stier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German stier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstierbull
2Old High Germanstiorbull, calf of a bull
3Proto-Germanicsteurazbull
4Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

via German stūr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstūrstubborn
2Low Germanstur—

Words derived from “stier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →
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