Where does “starta” come from?
starta (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål starte, from English Start, from English Stark, from German stark, from Middle High German stark, from Old High German stark, from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną — rigid, stiff; to love.
starta (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of starte:
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Definitions
- inflection of starte:
## simple past
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Ancestry of “starta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | starte | to start; starte på nytt - to restart |
| 2 | English | Start | A typical button for video games, originally used... |
| 3 | English | Stark | The language spoken in the Ender's Game series,... |
| 4 | German | stark | strong; great, brilliant, awesome |
| 5 | Middle High German | stark | — |
| 6 | Old High German | stark | strong |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | starkuz | stiff; rigid; strong |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sterkaną | to become stiff, stiffen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterg- | rigid, stiff; to love |