stër-

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See also: ster, stěr, stêr, Stèr, -ster, and -ster-

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Originally possibly Vulgar Latin, from Latin extra, whence the synonymous Romanian stră-,[1] regularly reflected in the archaic form shtër-. The modern form in s- might have arose by influence of Proto-Slavic *stàrъ (old), especially given sense 3, which is indeed also attested in Romanian, as for example in stră-bunic (great-grandfather), but not in other Romance cognates.

Prefix

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stër-

  1. super-, over-, ultra-
    stër- + ‎i madh (big) → ‎i stërmadh (very big)
  2. general intensifier.
    stër- + ‎dhëmb (tooth) → ‎stërdhëmb (crooked tooth)
    stër- + ‎qokë (brood hen) → ‎stërqokë (jackdaw)
  3. augments kinship terms by one generation. great-
    stër- + ‎gjysh (grandfather) → ‎stërgjysh (great-grandfather)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “štεr-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 416

Further reading

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  • Newmark, L., Hubbard, P., Prifti, P. (1982) Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, § 3.4.2, page 172
  • Brian D. Joseph (2010) On Latin (s)tritavus[1], pages 43–46