Etymology

stanners

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Today it means: The small stones and gravel on the edge of a body of water; also applied to stones in a riverbed which might be submerged or exposed and dry. Full definition →

Middle English *stanere ← Old English stǣner ← Proto-West Germanic *stainiʀu
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*stainiʀu“stones, pebbles”
  2. Old English · inherited fromstǣner“stony ground”
  3. Middle English · inherited from*stanere
  4. English todaystanners

From Middle English *stanere, from Old English stǣner (“stony ground”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *stainiʀu (“stones, pebbles”).

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