Where does “telefonstolpe” come from?

telefonstolpe (Swedish) comes from Swedish stolpe, from Old Swedish stolpe, from Old Norse stolpi, from Proto-Germanic *stulpô, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

telefonstolpe (Swedish): a telephone pole

Definitions

  1. a telephone pole

Ancestry of “telefonstolpe”, step by step

telefonstolpe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish stolpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstolpea pole, a post; a pale; a post
2Old Swedishstolpe—
3Old Norsestolpibeam, girder; pillar
4Proto-Germanic*stulpôpost, pole, column
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Swedish telefon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtelefontelephone
2Swedishtele-tele-; bridging large distances; tele-;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stulpô →Every word from Old Norse stolpi →