-stra

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See also: strá, strå, stra-, stră-, and stra

West Frisian

Suffix

-stra

  1. Occurring in surnames, stra derives from the suffix -ster (-sater “inhabitant”) + -a (genitive plural ending). Often the first part of the -stra-surname is a short form of a place name (Dijk from Surhuizumerdijk)[1]

Further reading

  • “-stra”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

References

  1. ^ http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/component.php?act=detail&naam=stra (accessed on 04.06.2009)
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