Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faldistōl

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *faldī (“folding”) or *faldi (“fold, crease”) +‎ *stōl (“stool, chair”).

Noun

*faldistōl m

1. folding chair

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faldistōl
Genitive	*faldistōlas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faldistōl	*faldistōlō, *faldistōlōs
Accusative	*faldistōl	*faldistōlā
Genitive	*faldistōlas	*faldistōlō
Dative	*faldistōlē	*faldistōlum
Instrumental	*faldistōlu	*faldistōlum

Descendants

• Old English: fealdestōl, fieldstōl, fieldestōl, fyldestōl, fyldstōl
• Old Saxon: faldistōl
• Old Dutch: *faldistuol
  • Middle Dutch: voudestoel
    • Dutch: vouwstoel
• Old High German: faldistuol, faltistuol
  • Middle High German: valtstuol
    • German: Faltstuhl, Feldstuhl
• → Medieval Latin: faldistōlium (see there for further descendants)