Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stahl

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stahlą.

Noun

*stahl n

steel

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stahl
Genitive	*stahlas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stahl	*stahlu
Accusative	*stahl	*stahlu
Genitive	*stahlas	*stahlō
Dative	*stahlē	*stahlum
Instrumental	*stahlu	*stahlum

Alternative forms

*stahlī

Derived terms

*stahlīn

Descendants

Old Saxon: *stāl
- Middle Low German: stâl
  - German Low German: Stahl
  - Low German: staal
  - Plautdietsch: Stol
Old Dutch: stāl
- Middle Dutch: stâel
  - Dutch: staal
    - Afrikaans: staal
      - → Xhosa: isitali
    - Negerhollands: staal
    - → Papiamentu: stal, staal
  - Limburgish: stjaol
  - West Flemish: stoal
Old High German: stahal, stāl
- Middle High German: stahel, stāl; stachel, stagel
  - Alemannic German: Staal
  - German: Stahl (see there for further descendants)
  - Hunsrik: Staal
  - Luxembourgish: Stol
  - Yiddish: שטאָל‎ (shtol)

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