stýri

Faroese

noun

Definitions

(nautical) rudder, helm
a governing body, board
(politics) cabinet of ministers

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse stýri (rudder, helm) derived from Proto-Germanic *stiuriją.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*stiuriją

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

styre Norwegian Bokmål
*stiuriją Proto-Germanic
styre Swedish
styre Norwegian Nynorsk
stýri Old Norse
styre Danish
stýri Icelandic
maður Faroese
stýrimaður Faroese
stǖr Middle Low German
stiúir Middle Irish