An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/starr

by Friedrich Kluge

starr, adj., ‘fixed, staring,’ ModHG. only; probably a LG. word. Comp. the rare MidHG. starren, ‘to become fixed,’ allied to the Teut. root ster, star, with which the cognates of Star and Stärke are connected. With these comp. Sans. sthira, ‘firm, strong,’ Gr. στερεός, ‘hard.’ —