staddle

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*steh₂-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*staþulaz“position, standing”
3. Old English · inherited fromstaþol“foundation, base, support, position, site, estate”
4. Middle English · inherited fromstathel
5. English todaystaddle

From Middle English stathel, from Old English staþol (“foundation, base, support, position, site, estate”), from Proto-Germanic *staþulaz (“position, standing”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, *sth₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Middle Low German stadel (“barn”), German Stadel (“barn”), Old Danish stedel (“ground, croft”), Icelandic stöðull (“position”). More at stand.

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