Etymograph

English

stean

Stean comes from Middle English stene ‘waterpot’, from Old English stǣna ‘stone jug, a stean, a pot of stone or earth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyh₂-‘to stiffen’root as named
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stainijǭ‘stonen vessel, crucible’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stainijā‘stonen vessel’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150stǣna‘stone jug, a stean, a pot of stone or earth’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stene‘waterpot’
  6. Englishtodaystean

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyh₂-‘to stiffen’root as named
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stainijǭ‘stonen vessel, crucible’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stainijā‘stonen vessel’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150stǣna‘stone jug, a stean, a pot of stone or earth’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stene‘waterpot’
  6. Englishtodaystean

Linked words

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

stone, stain, stein, stony, 2 more

Another origin of stean

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyh₂-‘to stiffen’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stainaz‘stone’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stainijaną‘to adorn with stones’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stainijan‘to furnish with stones’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150stǣnan‘to stone, cast stones at’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stenen
  7. Englishtodaystean

Another origin of stean

  1. Northern Middle Englishmodernstoneas stan
  2. Englishtodaystean

Today it means

noun A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- / stean

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