Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stainijā

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 *stain (“stone”) +‎ *-jā. Compare Proto-Samic *stāńćō (“crucible”), a borrowing from unattested Norse cognate.

Noun

*stainijā f

1. stonen vessel
2. crucible

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stainijā
Genitive	*stainijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stainijā	*stainijōn
Accusative	*stainijōn	*stainijōn
Genitive	*stainijōn	*stainijōnō
Dative	*stainijōn	*stainijōm, *stainijum
Instrumental	*stainijōn	*stainijōm, *stainijum

Descendants

• Old English: stǣne; stǣna
  • Middle English: stene
    • English: stean
• Old High German: steina, steinna