steire
Middle English
/ˈstɛi̯(ə)r/
noun
Definitions
- staircase, stairs
- stair, step
- ladder
- rung of a ladder
- degree, section, stage
Etymology
Inherited from Old English stǣġer (stair, staircase) inherited from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (scaffolding, stairs, step, stair).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*staigriz
Gloss
scaffolding, stairs, step, stair
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airstair English
- backstair English
- downstair English
- downstairs English
- forestair English
- stair English
- staircase English
- stairchair English
- stairclimber English
- stairclimbing English
- staired English
- stairfoot English
- stairgate English
- stairhead English
- stairless English
- stairlift English
- stairlike English
- stairstep English
- stairtower English
- stairward English
- stairwards English
- stairway English
- stairwell English
- stairwise English
- stairwork English
- understair English
- upstair English
- upstairs English
- *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *staigriz Proto-Germanic
- stæger Old English
- stǣġer Old English
- staire Middle English
- *steiger Old Dutch
- *steigar Old Saxon