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

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