*sturjô

Runic: ᛊᛏᚢᚱᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈstur.jɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

sturgeon

Etymology

Possibly from a non-IE substrate doublet *asetr-, *str-. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥Hyón-. Possible cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *eśetras (‘sturgeon’), Late Latin hapax fariō (= ſariō (‘salmon trout’)).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	sturjô	sturjaniz
Acc.	sturjanų	sturjanunz
Gen.	sturjiniz	sturjanǫ̂
Dat.	sturjini	sturjammaz
Inst.	sturjinē	sturjammiz
Voc.	sturjô	sturjaniz

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Descendants

*sturjō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sturio, sturgio (Medieval Latin)
*sturjō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sturo (Old Dutch)
  - stōre, stuere (Middle Dutch)
    - stjeur (Limburgish)
*sturjō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sturo (Old Dutch)
  - stōre, stuere (Middle Dutch)
    - steur (Dutch)
      - steur (Afrikaans)
*sturjō (Proto-West Germanic)
- styria, styriġa, styrġa, styra, stiriġa, stiria (Old English)
  - store, stor (Middle English)
    - stur, sture, stuir (Scots)
*sturjō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sturia, *steria, *storia (Old Frisian)
  - Stör (Saterland Frisian)
  - steur (West Frisian)
*sturjō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sturio, sturo (Old High German)
  - stür(e), stör(e), stor(e) (Middle High German)
    - Stör (German)
*sturjō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sturio (Old Saxon)
  - stȫre (Middle Low German)
    - Stöör (German Low German)
styrja (Old Norse)
- stor (Elfdalian)
- styrja (Faroese)
- styr (Gutnish)
- styrja (Icelandic)
- stør (Norwegian Bokmål)
- stør (Norwegian Nynorsk)
styrja (Old Norse)
- styriæ (Old Danish)
  - stør (Danish)
styrja (Old Norse)
- styria (Old Swedish)
  - stör, störfisk (Swedish)

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