Where does “stert” come from?

stert (Middle English) comes from Old English steort, 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...

stert (Middle English): start; beginning; tail

Definitions

  1. start; beginning; tail

Ancestry of “stert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsteorttail
2Proto-West Germanic*stert—
3Proto-Germanicstertaztail
4Proto-Indo-European(s)terd-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “stert”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stertaz →