Stör

Meaning

Noun

sturgeon (fish)

Name

Stör (a river in northern Germany)

Concepts

sturgeon

sturgeons

barbel

Stör

sevruga

Synonyms

Hecht

Störfleisch

Translations

esturgeon

steur

esturión

esturjão

storione

acipenser

ocupenser

στουριόνι

οξύρρυγχος

sollo

storioni

الحفش

Acipenser sturio

acupenseris

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

steer

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃtøːr/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: stüre

Inherited from Old High German: sturio

Cognate with Dutch: steur

Cognate with Latin: sturio

In summary

From Middle High German stüre, störe, store, from Old High German sturio, sturo, from Proto-West Germanic *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô.
Cognate with Dutch steur and Latin sturio (a Germanic borrowing), whence English sturgeon. The ö-vocalism is expected in Middle Low German stȫre as well as in parts of East Central German, but it appears elsewhere too. This might be explained as a compromise form between Middle High German stüre and store, which latter shows lack of umlaut and a-mutation instead.