sty

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A pen or enclosure for swine.
2. A messy, dirty or debauched place.

Verb

1. To place in, or as if in, a sty.
2. To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.

Verb

To ascend, rise up, climb.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/staɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *stiją. Cognate with German Stiege (“wooden crate”), dialectal German Steige (“hen-coop”), Danish sti (“sty, enclosure for swine, sheep, hens, etc.”), Swedish stia (“sty for pigs, geese, etc.”), Norwegian sti (“flock of sheep”), Icelandic stía (“a kennel”).