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.