Where does “Styria” come from?

Styria comes from Latin Styria, derived from Latin Stiria with the Latin suffix -ia, which derives from Ancient Greek -ία, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂.

Styria (English): The Duchy of Styria, a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia

Definitions

  1. The Duchy of Styria, a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia

Ancestry of “Styria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinStyria—
2Latinstīria—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “Styria”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →