Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/steyh₂-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European edit

Etymology edit

Apparently derived from an i-present to *steh₂- (to stand).

Root edit

*steyh₂-[1][2]

  1. to stiffen

Derived terms edit

  • *stih₂-yeh₂[2]
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: στία (stía, small stone, pebble)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  • *stih₂-yom[2]
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: στῖον (stîon, small stone, pebble)
  • *stoyh₂-nos[1][2]
    • Proto-Germanic: *stainaz (stone) (see there for further descendants)
  • *stoyh₂-neh₂[1][2]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *stěna (stone; wall) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1405
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*staina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 472