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ster-1 Stiff. Derivatives include stare, starch, stork, starve, and torpedo.- O-grade form *stor‑.
- Suffixed form *stor-ē‑. stare, from Old English starian, to stare, from Germanic *starēn.
- Extended form *stor-g‑.
- stark, from Old English stearc, hard, severe, from Germanic *starkaz;
- starch, from Old English *stercan, to stiffen, from Germanic denominative *starkjan.
- Full-grade form *ster‑.
- stern1, from Old English stierne, styrne, firm, from Germanic *sternjaz.
- Suffixed form *ster-ewo‑. stere, stereo-; cholesterol, from Greek stereos, solid.
- Lengthened-grade form *stēr‑. sterigma, from Greek stērizein, to support.
- Zero-grade form *str̥‑.
- Extended form *str̥g‑. stork, from Old English storc, stork (probably from the stiff movements of the bird), from Germanic *sturkaz.
- strut, from Old English strūtian, to stand out stiffly, from Germanic *strūt‑.
- Extended form *sterd‑.
- redstart, stark-naked, from Old English steort, tail, from Germanic *stertaz.
- start, from Old English *styrtan, to leap up (< "move briskly, move stiffly");
- startle, from Old English steartlian, to kick, struggle. Both a and b from Germanic *stert‑.
- Extended form *sterbh‑. starve, from Old English steorfan, to die (< "become rigid"), from Germanic *sterban.
- Extended form *(s)terp‑ in suffixed (stative) zero-grade form *tr̥p-ē‑. torpedo, torpid, torpor, from Latin torpēre, to be stiff.
[Pokorny 1. (s)ter‑ 1022.] |
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