Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stain

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

*stain m

stone

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stain
Genitive	*stainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stain	stainō, stainōs
Accusative	*stain	*stainā
Genitive	*stainas	*stainō
Dative	*stainē	*stainum
Instrumental	*stainu	*stainum

Descendants

Old English: stān
- Middle English: stone, ston, stan
  - English: stone
    - Northumbrian: styen
  - Scots: stane
  - Yola: sthoan
Old Frisian: stēn
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: stian
- Saterland Frisian: Steen
- West Frisian: stien
Old Saxon: stēn
- Middle Low German: stên, stein
  - Low German:
    - German Low German:
      Hamburgisch: Steen
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Stëin
      Sauerländisch: Stäin, Stoin, Stǟn, Stain, Steyn
      Westmünsterländisch: Steen
  - Plautdietsch: Steen
Old Dutch: stēn
- Middle Dutch: stêen
  - Dutch: steen
    - Afrikaans: steen
      - → Sotho: setene
      - → Southern Ndebele: isitina
      - → Zulu: isitini
  - Limburgish: stein
Old High German: stein
- Middle High German: stein
  - Alemannic German: Steei
    Swabian: Schdoi, Schdoa
  - Bavarian: Schdoa, Schdaa
  - Central Franconian: Stään, Steen, Stein
    Hunsrik: Steen, xtayn
    Transylvanian Saxon: Stien
  - German: Stein
  - Luxembourgish: Steen
  - Vilamovian: śtan
  - Yiddish: שטיין‎ (shteyn)