Etymology

starlike

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Today it means: Resembling a star. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English star
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
  3. Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sternō
  5. Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
  6. Old Englishsteorra
  7. Middle Englishsterre
  8. Englishstar
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todaystarlike

From star + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.