Where does “stare” come from?

stare (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse stari, from Proto-Germanic staraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- — starling.

stare (Norwegian Nynorsk): a starling

Definitions

  1. a starling

Ancestry of “stare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestari—
2Proto-Germanicstarazstiff
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tern-starling

Words derived from “stare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- →Every word from Proto-Germanic staraz →Every word from Old Norse stari →