Where does “steort” come from?

steort (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *stert, from Proto-Germanic stertaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

steort (Old English): tail

Definitions

  1. tail

Ancestry of “steort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*stert—
2Proto-Germanicstertaztail
3Proto-Indo-European(s)terd-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “steort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stertaz →
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