stern

(Inglês)

Oposto de
bow, stem, forestem, fore, prow, prore
Freqüência

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/stɜːn/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

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- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Scots stern (“bold, courageous, fierce, resolute”), Old High German stornēn (“to be astonished”), Dutch stuurs (“glum, austere”), Swedish stursk (“insolent”).

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