Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sandastain

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 *sand +‎ *stain.

Noun

*sandastain m

sandstone

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sandastain
Genitive	*sandastainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sandastain	sandastainō, sandastainōs
Accusative	*sandastain	*sandastainā
Genitive	*sandastainas	*sandastainō
Dative	*sandastainē	*sandastainum
Instrumental	*sandastainu	*sandastainum

Descendants

Old English: *sandstān
- Middle English: *sandstan, sandston
  - English: sandstone
  - Scots: sandstane
Old Frisian: *sandstēn, *sondstēn
- North Frisian:
  Amrum: Sunstian
- Saterland Frisian: Soundsteen
- West Frisian: sânstien
Old Saxon: *sandstēn
- Middle Low German: sandstên, sandstein
  - German Low German: Sandsteen
  - → Danish: sandsten (calque)
  - → Swedish: sandsten (calque)
  - → Norwegian: sandsten (calque)
  - → Icelandic: sandsteinn (calque)
Old Dutch: *sandstēn
- Middle Dutch: santsteen
  - Dutch: zandsteen
    - Afrikaans: sandsteen
  - Limburgish: zandjsjtein
Old High German: santstein
- Middle High German: *santstein
  - Bavarian: Sandstoa
  - German: Sandstein
  - Luxembourgish: Sandsteen