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Stagaras

STAGARAS

Etymology

Perhaps the nickname surn. from lit. stăgaras „augalo stiebas, stambas (pOPr. nudžiūvęs); padaiga; stimburys“ (LKŽ XIII 624), stagaróti „darytis pastirusiam“ (ibid.) or similar. But cf. still German Stäger, Stöger ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Stagarienė / Stagaraitė

Pronunciation

/stɐɡɐrɐs/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 552.