stāi-

Stone. Oldest form possibly *steə₂i-, colored to *staə₂i-, contracted to *stai- before consonants and *stāy- before vowels.

1. Suffixed o-grade form *stoi-no-.

a. stone, from Old English stān;

b. steenbok, from Middle Dutch steen, stone;

c. tungsten, from Old Norse steinn, stone;

d. stein, from Old High German stein, stone. a-d all from Germanic *stainaz.

2. Possibly suffixed form *stāy-r̥ (earlier *staəy-r̥). stearic, stearin, steatite, steato-; steapsin, from Greek stear, solid fat, suet.

 

[Pokorny (s)tāi- 1010.]

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