English

Yorkstone

From York + stone.

A compound of York + stone

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ebʰros ‘yew’

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Old English eofor ‘boar’

Old English Eoforwīċ

Old Norse Jórk

Middle English York

English York

Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’

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Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-West Germanic *stain

Old English stān

Middle English ston ‘a stone’

English stone

Today it means

noun A durable variety of sandstone from quarries in Yorkshire.

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

Etymograph / Yorkstone