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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stauraz.
Noun
*staur m
- (Weser-Rhine Germanic) destruction
- (Weser-Rhine Germanic) disturbance
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*staur
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| Genitive
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*stauras
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*staur
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*staurō, *staurōs
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| Accusative
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*staur
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*staurā
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| Genitive
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*stauras
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*staurō
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| Dative
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*staurē
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*staurum
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| Instrumental
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*stauru
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*staurum
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*staurjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476: “*staura-”
