Etymology

stoney

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Today it means: A member of the Nakoda, a First Nation related to the Sioux living in western Canada, especially in southern Alberta. Full definition →

Middle English stony
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stoney · adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromstony
  2. Middle English · inherited fromstony
  3. English todaystoney

By surface analysis, stone + y. See stony for further etymology.

Stoney · noun, proper noun2

An ellipsis of Stoney Sioux, which was calqued from an Algonquian exonym. Compare Cree asinîpwâta, Ojibwe asinii-bwaan, and Ottawa sinii-bwaan.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishstony all →

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