English
stoneground
From stone + ground.
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
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’
Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’
Proto-West Germanic *grundu
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
Today it means
adj Of flour: ground with millstones rather than steel rollers
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / stoneground