Etymology

stoor

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Today it means: To move; stir. Full definition →

Middle English storen ← Old English *storian ← Proto-Germanic *sturōną
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stoor · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)twer-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sturōną“to turn, disturb”
  3. Old English · inherited from*storian
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstoren
  5. English todaystoor

From Middle English storen, *sturien, from Old English *storian, variant of styrian (“to stir, move”), from Proto-Germanic *sturōną (“to turn, disturb”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”). Cognate with Dutch storen (“to disturb”), Middle Low German stören (“to stir”), German stören (“to disturb”), dialectal German sturen (“to poke, root”). See stir.

stoor · adjective2

See stour.

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