An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Stall

by Friedrich Kluge

Stall, m., ‘stall, stable, sty,’ from MidHG. stal (ll), m. and n., ‘standing or dwelling place, spot, stable,’ OHG. stal (ll), m., ‘stable, spot’; prop. identical with Stelle. The two senses of the OHG. word are ramifications of a prim. meaning, ‘standing-place.’ Corresponding to Du. stal, ‘stable, stall,’ AS. steall, ‘stable, standing-place,’ E. stall. The cognates (whence also stellen) are connected with the Aryan root stal, appearing in Stuhl. From Teut. stallo- are derived the Rom. cognates, Ital. stallo, ‘spot,’ Fr. étal, ‘butcher's bench,’ étau, ‘butcher's stall,’ Ital. stalla, ‘stable,’ Ital. stallone, Fr. étalon, and the equiv. E. stallion.