Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/staluz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*steluz (early Proto-Norse)
*stalô, *stelô (early Proto-West Germanic (?))

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place; be stiff; post, trunk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.luz/

Noun

*staluz m

post, stake, stud
staff, rod
trunk, stalk
stump, tail

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *staluz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*staluz	*staliwiz
vocative	*stalu	*staliwiz
accusative	*stalų	*stalunz
genitive	*stalauz	*staliwǫ̂
dative	*staliwi	*stalumaz
instrumental	*stalū	*stalumiz

Derived terms

*stalukaz

Related terms

*stallaz
*stullô
*stultaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stalu (*stalō, *stelō ?)
- Old English: stalu; stæla, steola, stela
  - Middle English: stale; stele
    - English: stale (“post, rung, handle”); stele, steal (“stalk”)
    - Scots: stale; steel, steil, stiel
- Old Frisian: *stala, *stela
  - Saterland Frisian: Steel
  - West Frisian: stâle
- Old Saxon: *stalu; *stala; *stelo
  - Middle Low German: stāle, stāl; stel, stēl
    - German Low German: Steel
- Old Dutch: *stalo; *stelo
  - Middle Dutch: stael; stēle
    - Dutch: staal; steel
- → Medieval Latin: stalo, stallo
  - Old French: estal, estel
    - ⇒ Old French: estalon
      - Middle French: étalon
        French: étalon
Old Norse: stjǫlr
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stjøl, styl