Where does “stinnastör” come from?

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

stinnastör (Icelandic): stiff sedge (Carex bigelowii)

Definitions

  1. stiff sedge (Carex bigelowii)

Ancestry of “stinnastör”, step by step

stinnastör traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European stōr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstōr-big, bulky

via Icelandic stinnur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstinnurstiff, rigid
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