sten-
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately an intensifier related to sten (“stone”), as in calling someone "stone-deaf," with parallels in Icelandic such as stein óður (“stone mad”).[1] Compare German sten-, Icelandic stein-.
Prefix edit
sten-
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Metcalfe, F. (1880). The Englishman and the Scandinavian: Or, A Comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse Literature. United Kingdom: Trübner & Company, p. 446
Swedish edit
Prefix edit
sten-
- very, exceedingly, profoundly (intensifier, in some words)