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)

1. staircase, stairs
2. stair, step
3. ladder
4. rung of a ladder
5. degree, section, stage

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.