Where does “stær” come from?

stær (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *star, from Proto-Germanic staraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- — starling.

stær (Old English): starling; a stare; history

Definitions

  1. starling; a stare; history

Ancestry of “stær”, step by step

stær traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *star

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*starstiff
2Proto-Germanicstarazstiff
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tern-starling

via Proto-Germanic star-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstar-to be rigid

Words derived from “stær”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- →Every word from Proto-Germanic staraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *star →