steire

See also: Steire

Middle English

Alternative forms

staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steyr, steyre, steyer, ster, steiȝer, steiher

Etymology

From Old English stǣġer, from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstæi̯r(ə)/

Noun

steire (plural steires or steiren)

Descendants

English: stair
Scots: stair
Yola: sthiers (plural)
→ Irish: staighre

References

“steir(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

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