Proto-Germanic

*sternǭ

‘star’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *sternǭ.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, most familiar first.

• star ← sterre ← steorra ← *sterrō ← *sternō
• sterling ← *steorling ← steorra ← *sterrō
• starn ← sterne ← stjarna

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sternǭ