Etymograph

English

Stoford

Stoford comes from Old English stān ‘stone’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂no-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyh₂no-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stainaz‘stone’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stain‘stone’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150stān‘stone’
  5. EnglishtodayStoford

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyh₂no-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stainaz‘stone’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stain‘stone’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150stān‘stone’
  5. EnglishtodayStoford

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *stainaz ‘stone’

stain, stony, 4 more

through Proto-West Germanic *stain ‘stone’

stein, 2 more

through Old English stān ‘stone’

stone, 2 more

Today it means

name A village in Barwick and Stoford parish, south of Yeovil, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5613).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂no- / Stoford

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