stulp

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*stel-“to be stiff”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stulpô“post, pole, pillar”
3. Old Norse · derived fromstólpi“post, pillar”
4. Middle English · inherited fromstulp
5. English todaystulp

From Middle English stulp, stulpe, from Old Norse stólpi (“post, pillar”), from Proto-Germanic *stulpô (“post, pole, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Icelandic stólpi, Swedish stolpe, Danish stolpe.

Words from the same roots