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Where does “storrēn” come from?

storrēn (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic starjaną, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

storrēn (Old High German): to be stiff

Definitions

  1. to be stiff

Ancestry of “storrēn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstarjanąto be fixed, be rigid
2Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “storrēn”

  • starren
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