Where does “stalke” come from?

stalke (Middle English) comes from Old English stealc, from Proto-Germanic stalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tAlg- / -e- — to jut out, protrude.

stalke (Middle English): stalk (main stem of a plant)

Definitions

  1. stalk (main stem of a plant)

Ancestry of “stalke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstealclofty; steep, precipitous
2Proto-Germanicstalkazhigh, lofty, steep, stiff
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tAlg- / -e-to jut out, protrude
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tAlg- / -e- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stalkaz →Every word from Old English stealc →