The /t/ -> /ts/ -> /s/ phenomenon across Sinitic languages

Well… here’s more of random association…

For 石 tsio̍h, Baxter-Sagart has it as *dAk. Capital A means they are unsure which type of a-like non-pharyngealized vowel sound it was. If we just apply the Min ts- was *st- in OC rule, it would be something like:

Taigi OC PIE Proto-Germanic German English
tsio̍h *stAk *stoyh₂-nos *stainaz stein stone

The PIE root for stone was also /*steh₂-/. 石 when used as a weight measurement is usually pronounced as dan in Mandarin, as mentioned previously in this thread.

So perhaps at some point in time 石 was *stan in some form.