Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stirniju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Uncertain; possibly from:

• Proto-Germanic *stirnijō, from Proto-Indo-European *ster(h₃)-no-m, from *sterh₃- (“to be broad, spread out”), cognate with Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast, chest”);
• or methatized from *striniju, from Proto-Germanic *strinijō, from Proto-Indo-European *sren-yeh₂, from *sren- (“side”), cognate with Latin frōns (“forehead”), Proto-Iranian *rā́nah (“side; hip”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *srḗˀnas (“hip”), and related to Old Norse strind (“side”).

Noun

*stirniju f

1. forehead

   Synonyms: *anþi, *þinnu

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stirniju
Genitive	*stirnijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stirniju	*stirnijō
Accusative	*stirnijā	*stirnijā
Genitive	*stirnijā	*stirnijō
Dative	*stirnijē	*stirnijōm, *stirnijum
Instrumental	*stirniju	*stirnijōm, *stirnijum

Descendants

• Old English: steorn
• Old Frisian: *stirne
  • Saterland Frisian: Stierne
• Old Saxon: *stirna
  • Middle Low German: sterne, stērne
    • German Low German:

      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Stīrne

      Westmünsterländisch: Steerne, Sterne

• Old Dutch: *stirna
  • Middle Dutch: sternne, stern
    • Dutch: sterre, ster (dialectal)
• Old High German: stirna
  • Middle High German: stirne
    • German: Stirn
    • Luxembourgish: Stier
    • Yiddish: שטערן (shtern)