An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Stärke

by Friedrich Kluge

Stärke, feminine, ‘heifer,’ Modern High German only, properly a Low German word. Scarcely allied to Modern High German Stier; connected rather, like Middle High German stër, Old High German stëro, ‘ram,’ with Gothic staira, which is primitively allied to Greek στεῖρος, στέριφος, ‘sterile,’ Latin sterilis, Sanscrit starî, ‘sterile.’ Connected with the following word.