Where does “storr” come from?

storr (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse stǫrr, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₁- — to streak, to strip; stiff; to be stiff.

storr (Norwegian Nynorsk): a plant of the genus Carex

Definitions

  1. a plant of the genus Carex

Ancestry of “storr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestǫrra sedge
2Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₁-to streak, to strip; stiff; to be stiff
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₁- →Every word from Old Norse stǫrr →