Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/staþul

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *staþulaz.

Noun

*staþul m[1]

  1. act of standing
  2. something that stands

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *staþul
Genitive *staþulas
Singular Plural
Nominative *staþul *staþulō, *staþulōs
Accusative *staþul *staþulā
Genitive *staþulas *staþulō
Dative *staþulē *staþulum
Instrumental *staþulu *staþulum

Descendants

  • Old English: staþul, staþol
    • Middle English: stathel
      • Scots: stathel, stassel
      • English: staddle
  • Old Frisian: stathul, stāl
  • Old Saxon: stathal
    • Middle Low German: stadel, stāle
  • Old Dutch: *stathal
    • Middle Dutch: stādel
  • Old High German: stadal
    • Middle High German: stadel

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *staþul”
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