Where does “sterz” come from?

sterz (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic stertaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

sterz (Old High German): tail; handle

Definitions

  1. tail; handle

Ancestry of “sterz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sterz”

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