Middle English sterne

← Middle English sterre (doublet)

← Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (derived)

← Old Norse stjarna (borrowed)

→ English stern (mention)

→ English starn (inherited)

→ Middle English sterre (doublet)

→ Middle English sterneleme (compound)

→ Scots starn (mention)