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Where does “starc” come from?

starc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sterg- — rigid, stiff; to love.

starc (Old English): stiff, obstinate, severe, etc

Definitions

  1. stiff, obstinate, severe, etc

Ancestry of “starc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstarkuzstiff; rigid; strong
2Proto-Germanicsterkanąto become stiff, stiffen
3Proto-Indo-Europeansterg-rigid, stiff; to love

Words derived from “starc”

  • stark
  • starch
  • starchy
  • cornstarch
  • starchiness
  • nonstarchy
  • nonstarch
  • starcher
  • starchless
  • nitrostarch
  • starchily
  • clearstarcher
  • pentastarch
  • distarch
  • starchlike
  • starchness
  • starchly
  • unstarch
  • clearstarch
  • starkish
  • non-starchy
  • overstarch
  • starchwort
  • tetrastarch
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