English
stonecold
From stone + cold.
Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’
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Proto-Germanic *stainaz
Proto-West Germanic *stain
Old English stān
Middle English ston ‘a stone’
English stone
Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’
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Proto-Germanic *kaldaz ‘cold’
Proto-West Germanic *kald
Anglian Old English cald
Middle English cold ‘cold’
English cold
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stonecold”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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