Roots / *stey-
stey- “to be stiff, compressed, stone” Widely accepted material rigidity
Source of English stone, stiff, German Stein
At a Glance
Reconstruction stey- Meaning “to be stiff, compressed, stone” Confidence Widely accepted Semantic field material, rigidity Root for stiffness/stone, yielding English stone, stiff, German Stein, possibly English steel.
bʰerdʰ- “to cut, split, separate” bʰerǵ-s- “to protect by enclosing” bʰreg-mn̥ “that which breaks, fragment” deru- “tree, wood, to be firm” dʰeyǵʰ-mn̥-₂ “wall, thing built from clay” dʰrew- “to be firm, to be solid” dóru “tree, wood, oak” doru-mn̥- “beam, timber, spear-shaft” related entry