stuol

Elfdalian

Noun

stuol m

1. chair

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• stūl, stōl (Central German)

Etymology

From Old High German stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̠tuo̯l/

Noun

stuol m (plural stuole or stüele)

1. seat, chair, stool

   Synonyms: sezzel, siz

2. bench

   Synonym: banc

3. the seat or throne of someone in authority

   Synonyms: sezzel, trōn, valtstuol

4. (hence figuratively) the function, office itself and (personified) its holder
5. (euphemistic) stool, feces

   Synonyms: drec, quāt, mist, schīze

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stōl.

Noun

stuol m

1. chair, seat

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: stoel
  • Dutch: stoel
    • Afrikaans: stoel
      • → Southern Ndebele: isitulo
      • → Sotho: setulo
      • → Tsonga: xitulu
      • → Xhosa: isitulo
      • → Zulu: isitulo
    • Jersey Dutch: stûl
    • Negerhollands: stoel, stul, stuel
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: stool
    • → Aukan: sutuu
    • → Fanagalo: stul (possibly via Zulu or from English)
    • → Papiamentu: stul, stoeltsje, stoeltji
    • → Sranan Tongo: sturu
  • Limburgish: stool

Further reading

• “stuol”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stōl, see also Old English stōl and Old Norse stóll.

Noun

stuol m

1. chair
2. seat, bench
3. throne

Synonyms

• (chair): sezzal
• (seat, bench): sez, bank
• (throne): kuningstuol, sedal

Derived terms

• kuningstuol
• sedalstuol

Descendants

• Middle High German: stuol
  • German: Stuhl
  • Hunsrik: Stuhl
  • Luxembourgish: Stull
  • Vilamovian: śtül
  • Yiddish: שטול (shtul)

References

• stuol in Gerhard Köbler's 2006 Neuhochdeutsch-althochdeutsches Wörterbuch