Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/steyh₂-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Apparently derived from an i-present to *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Root

*steyh₂-[1][2]

to stiffen

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyh₂-

*stih₂-yeh₂[2]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: στία (stía, “small stone, pebble”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: स्तिया (stiyā, “stagnant water”)[1] (perhaps)
*stih₂-yom[2]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: στῖον (stîon, “small stone, pebble”)
*stoyh₂-nos[1][2]
- Proto-Germanic: *stainaz (“stone”) (see there for further descendants)
*stoyh₂-neh₂[1][2]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *stěna (“stone; wall”) (see there for further descendants)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “στία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1405
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*staina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 472

[Beekes_1-1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “στία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1405

[Kroonen_1-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*staina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 472