Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A pen or enclosure for swine. · A messy, dirty or debauched place.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo place in, or as if in, a sty. · To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.
From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *stī, 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”).
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