Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stallaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stolnos, from *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand, be rigid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑl.lɑz/

Noun

*stallaz m

1. standing, position, stall, stable

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *stallaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stallaz	*stallōz, *stallōs
vocative	*stall	*stallōz, *stallōs
accusative	*stallą	*stallanz
genitive	*stallas, *stallis	*stallǫ̂
dative	*stallai	*stallamaz
instrumental	*stallō	*stallamiz

Derived terms

• *stallijaną

Descendants

• Old English: steall
  • Middle English: stal
    • English: stall
    • Scots: stal, staw
• Old Frisian: stall, stal
  • Saterland Frisian: Staal
  • West Frisian: stâl
• Old Saxon: *stall
  • Middle Low German: stal
    • German Low German: Stall
• Frankish: *stall
  • Old Dutch: *stal
    • Middle Dutch: stal
      • Dutch: stal
  • → Medieval Latin: stallum, staullum, stallus, stalla (see there for further descendants)
• Old High German: stal
  • Middle High German: stal
    • German: Stall
    • Luxembourgish: Stall
• Old Norse: stallr
  • Icelandic: stallur
  • Faroese: stallur
  • Norwegian: stall
  • Old Swedish: stalder
    • Swedish: stall
  • Danish: stald
•  ? → Finnish: talla (“sole, runner”)

See also

• *staþlaz

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill