staur

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Definitions
  • a stake, rod or pole that has a sharpened point in one end
  • an asinine person

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse staurr (pale, a stake) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stauraz (support, pole) root from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

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Kanji

立

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