*stertaz

Runic: ᛊᛏᛖᚱᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈster.tɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

tail

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

*stert (Proto-West Germanic)
- stert (Old Dutch)
  - stert, staert, steert (Middle Dutch)
    - staart (Dutch)
      - stert (Afrikaans)
*stert (Proto-West Germanic)
- steort (Old English)
  - steort, stert, stirt, stort, start (Middle English)
    - start (English)
    - start, stairt (Scots)
*stert (Proto-West Germanic)
- stert, stirt (Old Frisian)
  - stert (North Frisian)
  - Stäit, Stit (Saterland Frisian)
  - sturt (West Frisian)
*stert (Proto-West Germanic)
- sterz (Old High German)
  - sterzo (Italian)
*stert (Proto-West Germanic)
- sterz (Old High German)
  - stërz (Middle High German)
    - Sterz (German)
*stert (Proto-West Germanic)
- sterz (Old High German)
  - stërz (Middle High German)
    - Statz, Stätz, Stääz (Central Franconian)
      - Stäerz (Luxembourgish)
*stert (Proto-West Germanic)
- *stert (Old Saxon)
  - stert, start (Middle Low German)
    - Stert, Steert, Staart, Steerd (Low German)
stertr (Old Norse)
- stjært (Danish)
- stertur (Faroese)
- stertur (Icelandic)
- stjert (Norwegian Bokmål)
- stjert (Norwegian Nynorsk)
stertr (Old Norse)
- stiærter, stærter (Old Swedish)
  - stjärt (Swedish)