Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stertaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to be stiff”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈster.tɑz/

Noun

*stertaz m

tail

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *stertaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stertaz	stertōz, stertōs
vocative	*stert	stertōz, stertōs
accusative	*stertą	*stertanz
genitive	stertas, stirtis	*stertǫ̂
dative	*stirtai	*stertamaz
instrumental	*stertō	*stertamiz

Synonyms

Derived terms

*stirtilaz
*stirtilōną

Related terms

*startijaną
*sturtijaną

Descendants

Old English: steort
- Middle English: steort, stert, stirt, stort, start
  - Scots: start, stairt
  - English: start
Old Frisian: stert, stirt
- North Frisian: stert
- Saterland Frisian: Stäit
- West Frisian: sturt
Old Saxon: *stert
- Middle Low German: stert, start
  - Low German: Stert, Steert, Staart, Steerd
Old Dutch: stert (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: stert, staert, steert
  - Dutch: staart
    - Afrikaans: stert
Old High German: sterz
- Middle High German: stërz
  - German: Sterz
  - Luxembourgish: Stäerz
- → Italian: sterzo
Old Norse: stertr
- Icelandic: stertur
- Faroese: stertur
- Norwegian: stjert
- Old Swedish: stiærter, stærter
  - Swedish: stjärt
- Danish: stjært
- Westrobothnian: stjart

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