stoor
English
/stɔː/, /stɔɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To move; stir.
- (intransitive) To move actively; keep stirring.
- (intransitive) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
- (transitive) To stir up, as liquor.
- (transitive) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
- (transitive) To sprinkle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English storen inherited from Old English *storian inherited from Proto-Germanic *sturōną (disturb, turn) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)twer-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stoory English
- Störenfried German
- Störfaktor German
- Störung German
- entstören German
- stören German
- verstören German
- zerstören German
- ontstoren Dutch, Flemish
- stoornis Dutch, Flemish
- stoorzender Dutch, Flemish
- storen Dutch, Flemish
- storing Dutch, Flemish
- verstoren Dutch, Flemish
- τύρβη Ancient Greek
- *(s)twer- Proto-Indo-European
- *sturmaz Proto-Germanic
- *sturōną Proto-Germanic
- störa Swedish
- *storian Old English
- storen Middle English
- staura Old Norse
- stôren Middle Dutch
- steur Afrikaans
- stër- Albanian
- *stara Proto-Albanian