An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/stürzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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Friedrich Kluge2510290An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — stürzen1891John Francis Davis

stürzen, vb., ‘to hurl, overturn, overthrow, sink, plunge,’ from MidHG. stürzen, OHG. sturzen (from *sturzjan, *sturtjan), wk. vb., ‘to hurl, sink, turn, cover by inverting’; corresponding to Du. storten. Allied probably to E. to start (to startle, from AS. steartlian). The early history of the Teut. root stert (to which Sterz is allied?) cannot be traced further back.