Where does “stál” come from?

stál (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse stál, from Proto-Germanic stahlą, from Proto-Germanic stah-, from Proto-Indo-European stāk-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

stál (Icelandic): steel; a thing made of steel, e.g. a sword or a...

Definitions

  1. steel; a thing made of steel, e.g. a sword or a...

Ancestry of “stál”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestálsteel
2Proto-Germanicstahląsteel
3Proto-Germanicstah-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstāk-stand, pole
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstā-to stand, place
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “stál”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stā- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stāk- →