ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

FWOTD – 29 May 2018

Etymology

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

Noun

ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ) m (accusative singular ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ)

stone
Synonym: ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ)
- 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 m (stainawarijaʀ, “Stone-defender”, given name)

Descendants

Old Norse: steinn, ᛋᛏᛡᛁᚾ (stᴀin), ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ (stain), ᛋᛏᛁᚾ (stin); stæinn
- Icelandic: steinn
- Faroese: steinur
- Norn: stenn, sten
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stein
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: stein
- Jamtish: stein
- Elfdalian: stien
- 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

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