Borrowed from Karelian šuuri,^[1] from Proto-Finnic *suuri, from Proto-Germanic *stūra- (whence German stur and Dutch stoer) or from Indo-Iranian (see Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHrás); in either case, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂uh₂rós.

Cognate with Ter Sami and Akkala Sami шурр (šurr) and Skolt Sami šurr. Relationship with Northern Sami stuoris is uncertain due to the fact that it is derived from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, which is not directly related to *stūra- because of different root vowels.

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шӯрр (šūrr)

1. big, large
2. huge, enormous

   Synonym: оа̄ҋҋк (ååj̥j̥k)

3. great, grand, outstanding
4. important

   Synonym: ва̄жнэ (vāžne)

• удць (udc’)

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 413
• A. A. Antonova (2014) A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “šurr”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 563