Startz
English edit
Etymology edit
- As a south German surname, variant of Stertz and German Starz.
- As an Americanization of a Germanized Slavic name, from Upper Sorbian starc, Lower Sorbian starc, or Slovene stȃrəc (dialectal stȃrc), all meaning "old man"; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *starьcь (“old man”)
- As a dialectal Bavarian surname, from Starz (“tail”) (see Steiß (“tail, coccyx”))
Compare Starck.
Proper noun edit
Startz
- A surname.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Startz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.