Etymograph

English

Stare

Stare comes from Polish stary ‘old’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ró-s ‘to stand (up)’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂-ró-s‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*stāˀrasreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*stàrъ‘old’reconstructed
  4. Old Polishmodernstary
  5. Polishmodernsame form‘old’
  6. Polish, derivedmodernStare
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂-ró-s‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*stāˀrasreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*stàrъ‘old’reconstructed
  4. Old Polishmodernstary
  5. Polishmodernsame form‘old’
  6. Polish, derivedmodernStare
  7. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Polish Stare and Ukrainian Старе́ (Staré), both neuter substantives of adjectives — Polish stary and Ukrainian стари́й (starýj) — meaning “old”, both of which ultimately descend from Proto-Slavic *stàrъ.

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ró-s

Today it means

name A village in the Gmina of Rogoźno, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ró-s / Stare

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