Where does “stēn” come from?

stēn (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic stain, from Proto-Germanic stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European steyh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

stēn (Old Saxon): stone, rock

Definitions

  1. stone, rock

Ancestry of “stēn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstainstone
2Proto-Germanicstainazstone
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteyh₂-to stiffen
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “stēn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stainaz →