Where does “stjert” come from?

stjert (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse stertr, from Proto-Germanic stertaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

stjert (Norwegian Nynorsk): a tail

Definitions

  1. a tail

Ancestry of “stjert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestertr—
2Proto-Germanicstertaztail
3Proto-Indo-European(s)terd-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stertaz →