Before revision: Although the modern term uses (stable, shed), this stems from the word (spot, location - cognate to the English "stead") and the related ("tunnel in mining"), and this is combined with (soil, ground - cognate to the English "earth").
After revision: Although the modern term uses (stable, shed), this stems from the word (spot, location – cognate to the English "stead") and the related ("tunnel in mining"), and this is combined with (soil, ground – cognate to the English "earth").