Jump to content

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Stuhl

From Wikisource
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Stuhl
Friedrich Kluge2510280An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Stuhl1891John Francis Davis

Stuhl, m., ‘chair, seat,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. stuol, m.; corresponding to OSax. stôl, Du. stoel, AS. stôl, E. stool, OIc. stóll. A common Teut. noun, derived from the Aryan root stā̆, ‘to stand’ (see stehen), or from the Aryan root stal, ‘to put, place’ (see stellen), hence Stuhl, lit. ‘stand, frame’?. It corresponds in the non-Teut. languages to Lith. pastólas, ‘stand, frame,’ OSlov. stolŭ, ‘seat, throne,’ Gr. στήλη, ‘pillar.’