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West Frisian
Suffix
-stra
- Occurring in surnames, stra derives from the suffix -ster (-sater “inhabitant”) + -a (genitive plural ending). Often the first part of the -stra-surname is a short form of a place name, e.g. Dijk from Surhuizumerdijk.[1]
Further reading
- “-stra”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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