stearc
Old English
adj
Definitions
- severe, stern, harsh
- stiff, rigid, not bending, unyielding
- hard, rough
- strong, violent, impetuous, vehement
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *starkaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*starkaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stark English
- Starkbier German
- Stärke German
- ausdrucksstark German
- halbstark German
- kopfballstark German
- lautstark German
- leistungsstark German
- mittelstark German
- nervenstark German
- stark German
- starkmachen German
- willensstark German
- *(s)terg- Proto-Indo-European
- forsterke Norwegian Bokmål
- slitesterk Norwegian Bokmål
- sterk Norwegian Bokmål
- *starkaz Proto-Germanic
- *starkuz Proto-Germanic
- kryddstark Swedish
- stark Swedish
- starköl Swedish
- mōd Old English
- stearcmod Old English
- starche Middle English
- stark Middle English
- starkr Old Norse
- sterkleikr Old Norse
- sterkr Old Norse
- forstærke Danish
- stærk Danish
- trykstærk Danish
- starchi Old High German
- stark Old High German
- stark Middle High German
- stark Old Dutch
- starker Old Swedish
- stärk Westrobothnian