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”

Every word from Proto-Germanic steurō →Every word from Old Norse stjóri →