Where does “stēert” come from?
stēert (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stert, from Proto-West Germanic *stert, from Proto-Germanic stertaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Ancestry of “stēert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | stert | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *stert | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stertaz | tail |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)terd- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
Words derived from “stēert”