Pokorny's dictionary : List with all references

Number: 1872

Root: stāi-, stī̆-, sti̯-ā-

English meaning: to condense, press together

German meaning: `verdichten, zusammendrängen, stopfen; sich verdichten, gerinnen, stocken'

General comments: dazu stē̆ib(h)-, stē̆ip- `Stange usw.'

Derivatives: stī̆-i̯ā `etwas Dichtes', stī-mo-, stī̆-ro- `dicht'

Material: Ai. styā́yatē `gerinnt, wird hart', Partiz. styāna-; (Gramm.) prastīma- `gedrängt, gehäuft', stīmá- `träge' (eig. `gestockt'), viṣṭīmín- Bez. des cunnus, stíyā f. `träges, stehendes Wasser', stimita- `schwerfällig, träge, unbeweglich, naß'; av. stā(y)- `Haufen, Masse';

gr. στέᾱρ, στέᾱτος `stehendes Fett, Talg' (*stāi̯r̥); hom. ἀγχι-στι̃νος `nahe aneinandergedrängt' (vgl. ai. styā-na-); στί̄α f., στι̃ον n. `Steinchen'; στίλη `Tropfen' (vgl. lat. stīria, stīlla);

lat. stīria `gefrorener Tropfen, Eiszapfen', Demin. stīlla `Tropfen' (*stīr[e]lā);

nisl. stīrur `stiffness in the eyes', norw. stīra, aisl. stira, dän. schwed. stirra `starren, stieren', ostfries. stīr `steif, starr', nhd. stier, stieren; lit. styrstù, stỹrti `erstarren', stýrau, -oti `steif und lümmelhaft dastehen';

aisl. stīm n. `Unruhe, Lärm', norw. stīm `Fischschwarm', mhd. stīm, steim `bunte Menge, Getümmel';

got. stains, aisl. steinn, ags. stān, ahd. stein `Stein';

aksl. sténa `Wand, Mauer', stěnьnъ `steinig';

vielleicht auch aisl. stī n. `Stall', stīa `einhegen', ags. stig, stī `Schweinestall; Halle', mnd. stege `Pferch', ahd. stīga, mhd. stīge, stīje `Stall oder Lattenverschlag für Kleinvieh';

lit. stìngti `gerinnen', lett. stingt `kompakt werden', stingrs `stramm, starr, zusammenhaltend, gespannt, steif';

über lat. timeō `fürchte mich', usw. s. WH. II 682.

References: WP. II 610 f., WH. II 595;

See also: s. auch steu̯ǝ- S. 1035.

Pages: 1010-1011

PIE database: PIE database

Proto-IE: *steyǝ-, *styō-

Meaning: to thicken

Tokharian: B stināsk- 'be silent' (Adams 709)

Old Indian: styāyate `to be collected into a heap or mass', ptc. styāna-; pra-stīma-, pra-stīta- `crowded together', stīmá- `sluggish, slow', stiyā f. `stagnant water', stimita- `fixed, motionless, still, calm'

Avestan: stā(y)- `Haufen, Masse'

Old Greek: stéar (/ stéār), gen. stéatos n. `(stehendes) Fett, Talg; Teig'; aŋkhi-stī̂no- 'closed, crowded, in heaps (Hom.), stílǟ f. `Tropfen' || sō̂ma, -atos n. 'body'

Baltic: ? *stī̃r- vb. inch.

Germanic: *stī-r=, *sti-r=

Latin: stīria f. `Tropfen', stilla f. `id.'

Russ. meaning: застывать

References: WP II 610 f

Proto-Baltic: *stī̃r- vb. inch.

Meaning: thicken

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: stī̃rti (stī̃rsta, stī̃rō)

Comments: Formally - to stérti etc.

Proto-Germanic: *stīr=, *stir=

Meaning: thicken

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: stīra wk. `stieren'; NIsl stīr-ur `Steifheit in den Augen'

Norwegian: stira vb.

Old Swedish: stira vb.

Swedish: stirra vb.

Danish: stirre vb.

East Frisian: stīr `steif, starr', stīren `starr w., gerinnen; stieren'

Middle Low German: stīren

German: (älter) stier adj., stieren

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