Where does “וויגשטול” come from?

וויגשטול (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שטול, from Old High German stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European stoh₂los, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

וויגשטול (Yiddish): rocking chair

Definitions

  1. rocking chair

Ancestry of “וויגשטול”, step by step

וויגשטול traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שטול

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשטולchair
2Old High Germanstuolchair; seat, bench; throne
3Proto-West Germanic*stōlstool, chair
4Proto-Germanicstōlazstool; throne; chair
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstoh₂losframe, rack, stand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Yiddish וויגן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוויגןto swing, as though in a cradle; to rock back and...
2Middle High Germanwigen—
3Germanwiegeinflection of wiegen: ## first-person singular...
4Middle High Germanwigecradle
5Old High Germanwīga—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stoh₂los →Every word from Proto-Germanic stōlaz →