storos, stornos (str̥nos?)

    storos, stornos (str̥nos?)

    English meaning: a kind of bird (starling)

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘star and Vögel ähnlichen Lauteindrucks”

    Material: Lat. sturnus, -ī m. ‘star”, from *str̥nos or *stornos, in latter case = O.E. stearn ‘seeschwalbe”, O.Pruss. starnite “ seagull” (Ms. stamite); compare also Cz. strnad, Russ. strenátka “Goldammer”? O.H.G. star(a), Ger. Star, O.Ice. stari, O.E. stær, Dimin. stærling ds.

    References: WP. II 649, WH. II 610, Frisk 173, Vasmer 3, 26.