Where does “stara” come from?

stara (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic starjaną, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

stara (Old Norse): to stare

Definitions

  1. to stare

Ancestry of “stara”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stara”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Germanic starjaną →