Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “stylte” come from?

stylte (Danish) comes from Swedish stylta, from Proto-Germanic stultijǭ, from Proto-Germanic stelt- — to be stiff.

Ancestry of “stylte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstylta—
2Proto-Germanicstultijǭstilt
3Proto-Germanicstelt-to be stiff

Words derived from “stylte”

  • stulta
Every word from Proto-Germanic stelt- →