Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/staþul

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 Proto-Germanic *staþulaz.

Noun

*staþul m^[1]

act of standing
something that stands

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*staþul
Genitive	*staþulas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*staþul	staþulō, staþulōs
Accusative	*staþul	*staþulā
Genitive	*staþulas	*staþulō
Dative	*staþulē	*staþulum
Instrumental	*staþulu	*staþulum

Descendants

Old English: staþul, staþol
- Middle English: stathel
  - Scots: stathel, stassel
  - English: staddle
Old Frisian: stathul, stāl
- Saterland Frisian: Staal
- West Frisian: steal
Old Saxon: stathal
- Middle Low German: stadel, stāle
Old Dutch: *stathal
- Middle Dutch: stādel
  - Dutch: staal
Old High German: stadal
- Middle High German: stadel
  - German: Stadel

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *staþul”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *staþul”

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