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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)terg-
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