Where does “*borstile” come from?

*borstile (Middle English) comes from Old English stiġel, from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu — a device used for climbing (over); stile.

Ancestry of “*borstile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstiġelstile, set of steps for getting over a fence
2Proto-West Germanic*stigilua device used for climbing (over); stile

Words derived from “*borstile”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu →Every word from Old English stiġel →