Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sturjô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from a non-IE substrate doublet *asetr-, *str-.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥Hyón-.[2] Possible cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *eśetras (“sturgeon”), Late Latin hapax fariō (= ſariō (“salmon trout”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstur.jɔː/

Noun

*sturjô m

sturgeon

Inflection

Declension of *sturjô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sturjô	*sturjaniz
Vocative	*sturjô	*sturjaniz
Accusative	*sturjanų	*sturjanunz
Genitive	*sturiniz	*sturjanǫ̂
Dative	*sturini	*sturjammaz
Instrumental	*sturinē	*sturjammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sturjō
- Old English: styria, styriġa, styrġa, styra, stiriġa, stiria
  - Middle English: store, stor
    - Scots: stur, sture, stuir
- Old Frisian: *sturia, *steria, *storia
  - Saterland Frisian: Stör
  - West Frisian: steur
- Old Saxon: sturio
  - Middle Low German: stȫre
    - German Low German: Stöör
- Old Dutch: *sturio
  - Middle Dutch: stōre, stuere
    - Dutch: steur
      - Afrikaans: steur
    - Limburgish: stjeur
- Old High German: sturio, sturo
  - Middle High German: stür(e), stör(e), stor(e)
    - German: Stör
- → Medieval Latin: sturio, sturgio (943, Italy) (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: styrja
- Icelandic: styrja
- Faroese: styrja
- Norwegian Bokmål: stør
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stør
- Old Swedish: styria
  - Swedish: stör, störfisk
- Old Danish: styriæ
  - Danish: stør
- Elfdalian: stor
- Gutnish: styr

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sturja/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 147

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sturja/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488

[2] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 147