Where does “stale” come from?

stale (Friulian) comes from Proto-Germanic stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European stelǝ-.

stale (Friulian): cowshed; stable, stall; pigsty

Definitions

  1. cowshed; stable, stall; pigsty

Ancestry of “stale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstallazstanding, position, stall, stable
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstelǝ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stelǝ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stallaz →
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