steinn

Icelandic

/steitn/

noun
Definitions
  • stone, rock
  • stone, pit, pip the seed of certain fruit
  • (medicine) a calculus, a stone

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse steinn (stone) inherited from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ inherited from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (stone) derived from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (stiffen, something hard, thicken).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steyh₂-

Gloss

stiffen, something hard, thicken

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