Proto-West Germanic

*stain

‘stone’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *stain.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *stain, most familiar first.

• stone ← ston ← stān
• stein
• stane ← stan ← stān
• styen ← stan ← stān

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *stain