Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faldistōl

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faldistōlaz.

Noun

*faldistōl m

folding chair

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faldistōl
Genitive	*faldistōlas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faldistōl	faldistōlō, faldistōlōs
Accusative	*faldistōl	*faldistōlā
Genitive	*faldistōlas	*faldistōlō
Dative	*faldistōlē	*faldistōlum
Instrumental	*faldistōlu	*faldistōlum

Descendants

Old English: fealdestōl, fieldestōl, fyldestōl, fyldstōl
- Middle English: *faldstol, *foldstol
  - English: faldstool, foldstool
Old Saxon: faldistōl
Old Dutch: *faldistuol
- Middle Dutch: voudestoel
  - Dutch: vouwstoel
Old High German: faldistuol, faltistuol
- Middle High German: valtstuol
  - German: Faltstuhl, Feldstuhl
→ Medieval Latin: faldistōlium (see there for further descendants)