Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sturnānąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sturnāną
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*sterh₁-to be stiff
verbWeak class 3to be stiff, be rigidto stand outto stareKroonen suggests that this verb could be nasal infix present to Proto-Indo-European *sterh₁- (‘to be stiff’).The infix caused a consonant alternation in the root, the singular *str-néh₁-ti would result in a root with *sturr-.Whereas the plural *str-nh₁-énti would result in a root with *sturn-.