Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stain

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 Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

*stain m

stone
a unit of mass

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stain
Genitive	*stainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stain	stainō, stainōs
Accusative	*stain	*stainā
Genitive	*stainas	*stainō
Dative	*stainē	*stainum
Instrumental	*stainu	*stainum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: stān
- Middle English: ston, stan, stane, stoan, stone, stoon, stoone
  - English: stone (see there for further descendants)
  - Geordie English: styen
  - Scots: stane
  - Yola: sthoan
  - → Anglo-Norman: ston
Old Frisian: stēn
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: stian
  Goesharde: stiin
  Halligen: stian
  Heligoland: Stean
  Mooring: stiinj
  Sylt: Stiin
  Wiedingharde: stiin
- Saterland Frisian: Steen
- West Frisian: stien
Old Saxon: stēn
- Middle Low German: stên, stein
  - Low German:
    - German Low German:
      Hamburgisch: Steen
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Stëin
      Lippisch: Steun
      Sauerländisch: Stäin, Stoin, Stǟn, Stain, Steyn
      Westmünsterländisch: Steen
  - Plautdietsch: Steen
Old Dutch: stēn
- Middle Dutch: stêen
  - Dutch: steen
    - Afrikaans: steen
      - → Sotho: setene
      - → Southern Ndebele: isitina
      - → Zulu: isitini
        Fanagalo: stin
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: ten
    - Negerhollands: steen, stin, sten
      - → Virgin Islands Creole: sten (dated)
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: stene, stenna
    - → Papiamentu: stenchi (from the diminutive)
  - Limburgish: stein
Old High German: stein
- Middle High German: stein
  - Alemannic German: Steei
    Swabian: Schdoi, Schdoa
  - Bavarian: Staa, Stan, Stoa, Stoan, Stuan
  - Central Franconian: Stään, Steen, Stein
    Hunsrik: Steen, xtayn
    Transylvanian Saxon: Stien
  - German: Stein
  - Luxembourgish: Steen
  - Vilamovian: śtan
  - Yiddish: שטיין (shteyn)