Where does “stark” come from?

stark (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic starkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terg- — to be stiff; rigid; rigid, stiff.

Ancestry of “stark”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstarkaz—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)terg-to be stiff; rigid; rigid, stiff

Words derived from “stark”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)terg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic starkaz →
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