Where does “starkować” come from?
starkować (Polish) comes from Polish tarkować, from Polish tarka, from English tarn, from Middle English terne, from Old French terne, from Latin ternas, from Latin terni, from Latin ter.
starkować (Polish): to grate, to shred
Definitions
- to grate, to shred
Ancestry of “starkować”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | tarkować | to grate, to shred |
| 2 | Polish | tarka | washboard; grater; radula |
| 3 | English | tarn | A small mountain lake, "especially" in Northern... |
| 4 | Middle English | terne | — |
| 5 | Old French | terne | dull, dim |
| 6 | Latin | ternas | accusative feminine plural of terni |
| 7 | Latin | terni | three each; three at a time |
| 8 | Latin | ter | thrice |
| 9 | Latin | terr | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | tris | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |