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Where does “sturten” come from?

sturten (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic sturtijan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Ancestry of “sturten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsturtijanto fall down, tumble
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “sturten”

  • stortbevalling
  • storten
  • instorten
  • stortbui
  • stortbad
  • uitstorten
  • sluikstorten
  • storting
  • sterten
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