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Where does “stærter” come from?

stærter (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse stertr, from Proto-Germanic stertaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Ancestry of “stærter”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stærter”

  • rödstjärt
  • stjärt
  • stjärtmes
  • stjärtpenna
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