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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *storh₁-os, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₁- (“to be stiff”); compare Tocharian A ṣtare (“effort”), as well as Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “firm, solid”). Along with Proto-Germanic *sturrāną, points to an unattested strong verb *steraną.
Pronunciation
Adjective
*staraz
- stiff
Inflection
Declension of *staraz (a-stem)
| Strong declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*staraz
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*starō
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*starą, -atō
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*starai
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*starôz
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*starō
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| accusative
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*staranǭ
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*starǭ
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*starą, -atō
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*staranz
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*starōz
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*starō
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| genitive
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*staras, -is
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*staraizōz
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*staras, -is
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*staraizǫ̂
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*staraizǫ̂
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*staraizǫ̂
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| dative
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*starammai
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*staraizōi
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*starammai
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*staraimaz
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*staraimaz
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*staraimaz
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| instrumental
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*staranō
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*staraizō
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*staranō
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*staraimiz
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*staraimiz
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*staraimiz
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| Weak declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*starô
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*starǭ
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*starô
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*staraniz
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*starōniz
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*starōnō
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| accusative
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*staranų
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*starōnų
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*starô
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*staranunz
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*starōnunz
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*starōnō
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| genitive
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*stariniz
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*starōniz
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*stariniz
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*staranǫ̂
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*starōnǫ̂
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*staranǫ̂
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| dative
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*starini
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*starōni
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*starini
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*starammaz
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*starōmaz
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*starammaz
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| instrumental
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*starinē
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*starōnē
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*starinē
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*starammiz
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*starōmiz
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*starammiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stara-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 474
