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Where does “storh₁-os” come from?

storh₁-os (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European sterh₁- — to streak, to strip; stiff; to be stiff.

Ancestry of “storh₁-os”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₁-to streak, to strip; stiff; to be stiff

Words derived from “storh₁-os”

  • sterling
  • starling
  • sterlingly
  • starlinglike
  • sterlingness
  • esterlina
  • starrköpfig
  • erstarren
  • starr
  • starrsinnig
  • Starrsinn
  • starrer
  • Erstarrung
  • esterlino
  • vahasara
  • rahkasara
  • viiltosara
  • tähtisara
  • räpyläsara
  • sara
  • pullosara
  • esterling
  • star
  • sterling
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