sterk
Norwegian Nynorsk
/stɛrk/
adj-1
Definitions
- strong, powerful
- emotional
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse starkr inherited from Proto-Germanic *starkuz derived from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (protect, cover).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sterg-
Gloss
protect, cover
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stark English
- starken English
- starkers English
- starkish English
- starkly English
- starkness English
- στέργω Ancient Greek
- *sterg- Proto-Indo-European
- *starkuz Proto-Germanic
- slite Norwegian Nynorsk
- slitesterk Norwegian Nynorsk
- stark Middle English
- starkr Old Norse
- sterkr Old Norse
- stærk Danish
- *sterťi Proto-Slavic
- sterkur Icelandic
- serch Welsh
- starc Old High German
- stark Old High German
- sterkur Faroese
- starker Old Swedish
- *storʔg- Proto-Balto-Slavic