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

   Synonym: ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ)

   • c. 150 CE – 450 CE, Hogganvik stone :

     ᚲᛖᛚᛒᚨᚦᛖᚹᚨᛊ ᛊᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ

     kelbaþewas sainaʀ

     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 — Old East Norse
  • 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