Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stahl

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 *stahlą.

Noun

*stahl n

steel

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stahl
Genitive	*stahhlas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stahl	*stahhlu
Accusative	*stahl	*stahhlu
Genitive	*stahhlas	*stahhlō
Dative	*stahhlē	*stahhlum
Instrumental	*stahhlu	*stahhlum

Alternative forms

*stahlī (northern)

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon: *stāl
- Middle Low German: stâl
  - German Low German: Stahl
  - Low German: staal
  - Plautdietsch: Stol
Old Dutch: stāl
- Middle Dutch: stâel
  - Dutch: staal
    - Afrikaans: staal
      - → Xhosa: isitali
    - Negerhollands: staal
    - → Papiamentu: stal, staal
  - Limburgish: stjaol
  - West Flemish: stoal
Old High German: stahal, stāl
- Middle High German: stahel, stāl (especially Central German), stachel, stagel (Upper German)
  - Alemannic German: Staal
  - German: Stahl (see there for further descendants)
  - Hunsrik: Staal
  - Luxembourgish: Stol
  - Yiddish: שטאָל (shtol)