Where does “*star” come from?
*star (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *star, from Proto-Germanic staraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- — starling.
Ancestry of “*star”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *star | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | staraz | stiff |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tern- | starling |