Where does “star” come from?

star (Middle English) comes from Old English stær, from Proto-West Germanic *star, from Proto-Germanic staraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- — starling.

Ancestry of “star”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstærstarling; a stare; history
2Proto-West Germanic*starstiff
3Proto-Germanicstarazstiff
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tern-starling

Words derived from “star”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- →Every word from Proto-Germanic staraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *star →