Staa

See also: staa, -staa, and -stää

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein (“stone”), from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyh₂-. Cognates include German Stein, Yiddish שטיין (shteyn), English stone, Old Norse steinn, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃd̥ɑː/

Noun

Staa m (plural Stana or Staner, diminutive Steindl or Steinderl) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. stone, rock

East Central German

Noun

Staa m (plural Staa)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) stone, rock

References

  • 1998 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Eierquatsch und drackite Supp: Ein heiteres Mundartbuch aus dem Erzgebirge und dem Vogtland, P. 42

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118:
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