Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stertaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

*stirtilaz
*stirtilōną

Related terms

*startijaną
*sturtijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stert
- 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, Stit (Strukelje)
  - 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
    - Central Franconian: Statz, Stätz, Stääz
      - Luxembourgish: Stäerz
    - German: Sterz
  - → Italian: sterzo
Old Norse: stertr
- Icelandic: stertur
- Faroese: stertur
- Norwegian Bokmål: stjert
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stjert
- Old Swedish: stiærter, stærter
  - Swedish: stjärt
- Danish: stjært