Stone, in my words (revised)

stal : stone

The Illunse word for stone is stal. Stal is a last name. In Dutch stal translates to stable, stall. In Polish stal translates to steel. In Danish and Norwegian stål translates to steel. Stal is the name of a city in Belgium.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for stone which is stán, and the Latin word for a stone which is lapis.

My previous Illunse word for stone was stala. I dropped the final a. I think that stal looks stronger than stala. Could it be because stal means steel in several other languages? And despite looking like the Old English word, stal takes just as many letters from the Latin word.

Here's a link to Stone, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words.