ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ

ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

FWOTD – 29 May 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).

Noun

ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ) m (accusative singular ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ)

1. stone
   • c. 5th century, Hogganvik runestone:

     ᚲᛖᛚᛒᚨᚦᛖᚹᚨᛊ ᛊ[ᛏ]ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ

     kelbaþewas s[t]ainaʀ

     Skelbathewaz's stone

   • c. 5th century, Rö runestone:

     ᛖᚲ ᚺᚱᚨᛉᚨᛉ ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟ ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ […]

     ek hraʀaʀ satido staina […]

     I, Hrazaz, set the stone […]

Derived terms

• ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᚹᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉ (stainawarijaʀ, “Stone-defender”, masculine personal name)

Descendants

• Old Norse: steinn, ᛋᛏᚼᛁᚾ (stAin), ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ (stain), ᛋᛏᛁᚾ (stin)
  • Icelandic: steinn
  • Faroese: steinur
  • Norn: stenn, sten
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stein
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: stein
  • Jamtish: stein
  • Elfdalian: stien
  • Westrobothnian: stain
  • Old Swedish: stēn
    • Swedish: sten
  • Old Danish: stēn
    • Scanian: stén
    • Danish: sten
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sten
  • Old Gutnish: stain
    • Gutnish: stain
  • → Middle English: steinen, steynen
    • English: stain