Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *stinganąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_stinganą
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στᾰ́χῡςear of grain*stengʰ-to be stiff, sting; rod, blade
verbStrong class 3to stick out; protrudeto stingTraditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ- (‘to be stiff, sting; rod, blade’), and compared with Ancient Greek στᾰ́χῡς (stắkhūs, ‘ear of grain’) (< *stngʰ-u-s). However, a substrate origin for the Greek is quite possible, based on the variant ἄστᾰχῠς (ástăkhŭs, ‘ear of corn; bandage’), which would render the Germanic without outside cognates.