Where does “sturnus” come from?

sturnus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- — starling.

sturnus (Latin): starling

Definitions

  1. starling

Ancestry of “sturnus”, step by step

sturnus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European (s)tern-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)tern-starling

via Proto-Indo-European storo-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstoro-starling
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