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sterkja.

starch

7 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈstɛr̥ca]
  1. starch

    feminine · no-plural
Where this word comes from

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German sterke (“starch, stiffness, strength”), from Old Saxon *sterkī, from Proto-West Germanic *starkī. Cognate with English starch, German Stärke (“starch”), dialectal Dutch sterk (“starch”). Compare also Swedish stärkelse (“starch”).

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