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Where does “stjóri” come from?

stjóri (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse stjóri, from Proto-Germanic steurō.

stjóri (Icelandic): boss, executive; chief; the conductor or captain...

Definitions

  1. boss, executive; chief; the conductor or captain...

Ancestry of “stjóri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestjóri—
2Proto-Germanicsteurō—

Words derived from “stjóri”

  • borgarstjóri
  • lestarstjóri
  • flugstjóri
  • lögreglustjóri
  • skólastjóri
  • bílstjóri
  • framkvæmdastjóri
  • bæjarstjóri
  • forstjóri
  • skipstjóri
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