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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *starēn, *stara-z, *starna-z; *ɵirnōn
Meaning: starling
Old Norse: stari m. `Star'; ɵerna f. `Seeschwalbe'
Norwegian: stare; terna
Swedish: stare; tärna
Danish: stär; terne
Old English: stär, -es m. `starling', stearn, -es m. `some kind of bird'; { stärling }
English: starling, dial. stare, shetl. starn `starling', norf. starn `common tern', stern `black tern'
East Frisian: Fris stirns, sterns `zeezwaluw'
Middle Dutch: sterre `spreeuw'
Dutch: stern f. `Seeschwalbe'
Middle Low German: stār(e)
Old High German: stara (9. Jh.), staro, star (Hs. 12.Jh.)
Middle High German: star wk. m. 'star (vogel)'
German: Star m.
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *(s)tern-
Meaning: starling
Latin: sturnus, gen. -ī `Star'
Russ. meaning: птица (скворец)
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1904
Root: storos, stornos (str̥nos?)
English meaning: a k. of bird (starling)
German meaning: `Star und Vögel ähnlichen Lauteindrucks'
Material: Lat. sturnus, -ī m. `Star', aus *str̥nos oder *stornos, in letzterem Falle = ags. stearn `Seeschwalbe', apr. starnite `Möwe' (Ms. stamite); vgl. auch čech. strnad, russ. strenátka `Goldammer'? ahd. star(a), nhd. Star, aisl. stari, ags. stær, Demin. stærling ds.
References: WP. II 649, WH. II 610, Frisk 173, Vasmer 3, 26.
Pages: 1036
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