stórr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stōraz, whence also Old English stōr, Old Saxon stōri. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stā-r-, Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-ro-. Compare Pashto ستر (stër) ("large"), Lithuanian stóras, Old Church Slavonic старъ (starŭ) ("old"), Russian старый (stáryj) ("old").
Adjective
stórr (comparative stœrri, superlative stœrstr)
- big, large, tall, great
Descendants
- Danish: stor
- Faroese: stórur
- Icelandic: stór
- Norn: stur
- Norwegian: stor (Bokmål), stor (Nynorsk)
- Elfdalian: stur
- Swedish: stor