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Where does “sturtijan” come from?

sturtijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

sturtijan (Proto-West Germanic): to fall down, tumble

Definitions

  1. to fall down, tumble

Ancestry of “sturtijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “sturtijan”

  • start
  • Start
  • starter
  • restart
  • nonstarter
  • redstart
  • firestarter
  • autostart
  • unstart
  • outstart
  • restartable
  • starteth
  • astart
  • prestart
  • quickstart
  • startest
  • bungstarter
  • startable
  • startline
  • blackstart
  • unstartable
  • restarter
  • startbox
  • start codon
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