Where does “staren” come from?

staren (Middle English) comes from Old English starian, from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic starāną, from Proto-Indo-European stere-.

staren (Middle English): to look fixedly

Definitions

  1. to look fixedly

Ancestry of “staren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstarianto stare
2Proto-West Germanic*starēnto gaze, stare
3Proto-Germanicstarānąto gaze, stare
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstere-—

Words derived from “staren”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stere- →Every word from Proto-Germanic starāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *starēn →