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Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (inherited)
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Middle High German stërne (inherited)
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Middle High German stërre (mention)
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Middle High German stërn (mention)
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Old High German sterno (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (inherited)