From Middle English stiren, sturien, from Old English styrian, from Proto-Germanic *sturiz, related to Proto-West Germanic *staurijan. Cognate with Old Norse styrr, German stören ("to disturb"), Dutch storen ("to disturb").
From Romani stariben ("prison"), nominalisation of astar, causative of ast, probably from Sanskrit आतिष्ठति, from तिष्ठति.
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