- styrja
- n.sturgeon
Faroese-English dictionary. 2015.
styrja
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sturgeon — /sterr jeuhn/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) sturgeon, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) sturgeons. any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and … Universalium
stir — [OE] The etymological connotations of stir are of ‘agitation’ and ‘disturbance’; the notion of ‘mixing a liquid with circular movements of a spoon or other implement’ is a secondary development. The verb goes back to a prehistoric Germanic… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
Stör — Stör1 Sm ein Fisch per. Wortschatz fach. (10. Jh.), mhd. stör(e), stür(e), ahd. stur(i)o, stür(e), as. sturio Stammwort. Aus g. * sturjōn m. Stör , auch in anord. styrja f., ae. styria. Ähnlich sind russ. osëtr, lit. erškẽtas Stör . Entlehnung… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
stā- : stǝ- — stā : stǝ English meaning: to stand Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stehen, stellen” Note: reduplicated si stü , extended stüi : stī̆ , stüu : stū̆ and st eu Material: A. O.Ind. tiṣṭhati, Av. hištaiti, ap. 3. sg. Impf. a ištata… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
stir — [OE] The etymological connotations of stir are of ‘agitation’ and ‘disturbance’; the notion of ‘mixing a liquid with circular movements of a spoon or other implement’ is a secondary development. The verb goes back to a prehistoric Germanic… … Word origins
