Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stōlaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂los (“frame, rack, stand”), from *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Lithuanian stalas (“table”), Russian стол (stol, “table”), Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “sile, pillar”), Lithuanian pastoliai (“scaffolding”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɔː.lɑz/

Noun

*stōlaz m

stool
throne
chair

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *stōlaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stōlaz	stōlōz, stōlōs
vocative	*stōl	stōlōz, stōlōs
accusative	*stōlą	*stōlanz
genitive	stōlas, stōlis	*stōlǫ̂
dative	*stōlai	*stōlamaz
instrumental	*stōlō	*stōlamiz

Derived terms

*faldistōlaz

Descendants

Old English: stōl
- Middle English: stool
  - Scots: stuil, stul, stule
  - English: stool
Old Frisian: stōl
- Saterland Frisian: Stoul
- West Frisian: stoel
Old Saxon: stōl
- Middle Low German: stōl
  - German Low German: Stohl
    - Lower Sorbian: stoł
  - Plautdietsch: Stool
  - → Estonian: tool
  - → Votic: stooli
Old Dutch: stuol
- Middle Dutch: stoel
  - Dutch: stoel
    - Afrikaans: stoel
    - → Papiamentu: stul
    - → Sranan Tongo: sturu
  - Limburgish: stool
Old High German: stuol
- Middle High German: stuol
  - German: Stuhl
  - Luxembourgish: Stull
  - Vilamovian: śtül
  - Yiddish: שטול‎ (shtul)
Old Norse: stóll
- Icelandic: stóll
- Faroese: stólur
- Norn: stol, stul, støl
- Norwegian: stol
- Old Swedish: stōl
  - Swedish: stol
  - → Finnish: tuoli
- Danish: stol
- Gutnish: stol, stul
Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐍃 (stōls)
Crimean Gothic: stul