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Where does “starkaz” come from?

starkaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)terg- — to be stiff; rigid; rigid, stiff.

Ancestry of “starkaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)terg-to be stiff; rigid; rigid, stiff

Words derived from “starkaz”

  • stark
  • starch
  • starchy
  • cornstarch
  • starchiness
  • nonstarchy
  • nonstarch
  • starcher
  • starchless
  • nitrostarch
  • starchily
  • clearstarcher
  • pentastarch
  • distarch
  • starchlike
  • starchness
  • starchly
  • unstarch
  • clearstarch
  • starkish
  • non-starchy
  • overstarch
  • starchwort
  • tetrastarch
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