Stern Definition
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Origin of Stern
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From Middle English stern, sterne, sturne, from Old English styrne (“stern, grave, strict, austere, hard, severe, cruel"), from Proto-Germanic *sturnijaz (“angry, astonished, shocked"), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *ter- (“rigid, stiff"). Cognate with Scots stern (“bold, courageous, fierce, resolute"), Old High German stornÄ“n (“to be astonished"), Dutch stuurs (“glum, austere"), Swedish stursk (“insolent").
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Most likely from Old Norse stjórn (“control, steering"), related to stýra (“to steer"), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijanÄ…, whence also English steer. Also possibly from Old Frisian stiarne (“rudder"), from the same Germanic root.
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Middle English sterne perhaps of Scandinavian origin Old Norse stjōrn rudder stā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English sterne from Old English styrne ster-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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