stel-

To put, stand; with derivatives referring to a standing object or place.

Derivatives include apostle, stallion, pedestal, stilt, and stout.

I. Basic form *stel-.

1. Suffixed form *stel-ni-. still¹, from Old English stille, quiet, fixed, from Germanic *stilli-.

2. Suffixed form *stel-yo-. apostle, diastole, epistle, peristalsis, systaltic, from Greek stellein, to put in order, prepare, send, make compact (with o-grade and zero-grade forms stol- and stal-).

II. O-grade form *stol-.

1. Suffixed form *stol-no-.

a. stall¹; forestall, from Old English steall, standing place, stable;

b. stale¹; installment¹, from Old French estal, place;

c. stallion, from Anglo-Norman estaloun, stallion;

d. pedestal, from Old Italian stallo, stall;

e. install, from Medieval Latin stallum, stall;

f. gestalt, from Old High German stellen, to set, place, from Germanic denominative *stalljan. a-f all from Germanic *stalla-.

2. Suffixed form *stol-ōn-. stolon, from Latin stolō, branch, shoot.

3. Suffixed form *stol-ido-. stolid, from Latin stolidus, “firm-standing,” stupid.

4. Suffixed form *stol-ā-.

a. stalk¹, from Old English stalu, upright piece, stalk, from Germanic *stalō;

b. stole¹, from Greek stolē, garment, array, equipment.

III. Zero-grade form *stl̥-.

1. Suffixed form *stl̥-to-. stultify, from Latin stultus, foolish (< “unmovable, uneducated”).

2. Suffixed zero-grade form *stl̥-no-. stull, stollen, from Old High German stollo, post, support, from Germanic *stullōn-.

3. Suffixed zero-grade form *stal-nā-. stele, from Greek stēlē, pillar.

IV. Extended form *steld-.

a. stilt, from Middle English stilte, crutch, stilt, from a source akin to Low German and Flemish stilte, stick, from Germanic *stiltjōn-;

b. zero-grade form *stl̥d-. stout, from Old French estout, stout, from Germanic *stult-, “walking on stilts,” strutting.

 

[Pokorny 3. stel- 1019.]

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