Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stark

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *starkuz.

Adjective

*stark

stiff, stark

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*stark
Genitive	*starkas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*stark	*starku	*stark
Accusative	*starkanā	*starkā	*stark
Genitive	*starkas	*starkeʀā	*starkas
Dative	*starkumē	*starkeʀē	*starkumē
Instrumental	*starku	*starkeʀu	*starku
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*starkē	*starkō	*starku
Accusative	*starkā	*starkā	*starku
Genitive	*starkeʀō	*starkeʀō	*starkeʀō
Dative	starkēm, starkum	starkēm, starkum	starkēm, starkum
Instrumental	starkēm, starkum	starkēm, starkum	starkēm, starkum

Derived terms

*starkī
*starkijan
*starkiþu

Descendants

Old English: starc, stearc, *stierc
- Middle English: stark, sterk
  - Scots: stark, sterk
  - English: stark
Old Frisian: sterk, sterik
- Saterland Frisian: stäärk
- West Frisian: sterk
Old Saxon: stark, *sterk
- Middle Low German: stark, sterk
  - Low German: sterk
  - Plautdietsch: stoakj
Old Dutch: stark, *sterk
- Middle Dutch: starc, sterc
  - Dutch: sterk
    - Afrikaans: sterk
  - Limburgish: stèrk
Old High German: starah, starch, starc, stark
- Middle High German: starc
  - German: stark
  - Luxembourgish: staark
  - Yiddish: שטאַרק‎ (shtark)