Where does “bjúgstör” come from?

bjúgstör (Icelandic) comes from Proto-Indo-European stōr- — big, bulky.

bjúgstör (Icelandic): curved sedge (Carex maritima)

Definitions

  1. curved sedge (Carex maritima)

Ancestry of “bjúgstör”, step by step

bjúgstör traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European stōr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstōr-big, bulky

via Icelandic bjúgur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbjúguredema, oedema
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