Where does “Stir” come from?

Stir (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German stirna, from Proto-West Germanic stirniju — forehead.

Stir (Luxembourgish): forehead

Definitions

  1. forehead

Ancestry of “Stir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstirnaforehead
2Proto-West Germanicstirnijuforehead
Every word from Proto-West Germanic stirniju →Every word from Old High German stirna →