Where does “stōwlīċ” come from?

stōwlīċ (Old English) comes from Old English stōw, from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

stōwlīċ (Old English): local

Definitions

  1. local

Ancestry of “stōwlīċ”, step by step

stōwlīċ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English stōw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstōwplace, locality, site; place, location; a place,...
2Proto-West Germanic*stōua place
3Proto-Germanic*stōōa place, location, site
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂w-to set, place
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Old English līċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlīċbody
2Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “stōwlīċ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stōō →