stër-

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

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • shtër- — archaic

Etymology

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

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
Albanian terms prefixed with stër-
Albanian terms prefixed with stër- (kinship)

References
  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
  • 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, pages 43–46
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