Where does “stol” come from?

stol (Polabian) comes from Middle Low German stâl, from Old Saxon *stall, from Proto-West Germanic stall, from Proto-Germanic stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European stelǝ-.

stol (Polabian): steel

Definitions

  1. steel

Ancestry of “stol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstâl—
2Old Saxon*stall—
3Proto-West Germanicstallstall, stable; place, stead; position, standing
4Proto-Germanicstallazstanding, position, stall, stable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstelǝ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stelǝ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stallaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stall →