Stony
/ˈstoʊni/noun
Made of, covered with, or resembling stone; hard, cold, or unyielding.
Did you know?‘Stony’ comes from the old Germanic word for stone, and that ancient root also gave English words tied to standing firm and staying put — like the body itself becoming a monument.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“to stand, make or be firm”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*stainaz
“stone”
Old English
OE
stānig
“stony, rocky, full of stones”
Middle English
English
stoni
“full of stone; hard, rocky”
Modern English
English
stony
“made of stone; hard, cold, or unfeeling”