știur

Forms

știur m (plural știuri)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Latin sciurus (“squirrel”), a learned and rare Latinism of Șincai.^[2][3][4] Wiktionary describes it as inherited, but its only dated record is from Șincai, about 1806.^[1][3] The Latin word comes from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).^[5][1] Wiktionary explains the Greek word as a compound of σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) and οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin dates the first record to about 1806, in Șincai, with the sense “squirrel”.^[3] MDA2 and the DLR cite the same author through a note in Dacoromania.^[4][2]

Timeline

• c. 1806 – știur “squirrel” in Șincai.^[3][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. (dated, rare) squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), the usual word being veveriță.^[4][2][6][1]

Usage notes

Wiktionary also lists the spelling sciur.^[1]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. știur
3. ^ a b c d Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. știur
4. ^ a b c d Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1133
5. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
6. ^ Bulgăr, Gheorghe; Constantinescu-Dobridor, Gheorghe (2002), Dicționar de arhaisme și regionalisme, 2 vols., București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. știur