Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sandastain

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *sand +‎ *stain.

Noun

*sandastain m

1. sandstone

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sandastain
Genitive	*sandastainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sandastain	*sandastainō, *sandastainōs
Accusative	*sandastain	*sandastainā
Genitive	*sandastainas	*sandastainō
Dative	*sandastainē	*sandastainum
Instrumental	*sandastainu	*sandastainum

Descendants

• Old English: *sandstān
  • Middle English: *sandstan, sandston
    • English: sandstone
    • Scots: sandstane
• Old Frisian: *sandstēn, *sondstēn
  • North Frisian:

    Amrum: Sunstian

  • Saterland Frisian: Soundsteen
  • West Frisian: sânstien
• Old Saxon: *sandstēn
  • Middle Low German: sandstên, sandstein
    • German Low German: Sandsteen
    • → Danish: sandsten (calque)
    • → Swedish: sandsten (calque)
    • → Norwegian: sandsten (calque)
    • → Icelandic: sandsteinn (calque)
• Old Dutch: *sandstēn
  • Middle Dutch: santsteen
    • Dutch: zandsteen
      • Afrikaans: sandsteen
    • Limburgish: zandjsjtein
• Old High German: santstein
  • Middle High German: *santstein
    • Bavarian: Sandstoa
    • German: Sandstein
    • Luxembourgish: Sandsteen