Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “staren” come from?

staren (Middle High German) comes from Old High German starēn, from Proto-Germanic starāną, from Proto-Indo-European stere-.

Ancestry of “staren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstarēnto stare
2Proto-Germanicstarānąto gaze, stare
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstere-—

Words derived from “staren”

  • hinstarren
  • starren
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stere- →