Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The stem or main axis of a plant. · The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant. · Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill. · An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
From Middle English stalke, stelke, stalk, perhaps from Old English *stealc, *stielc, *stealuc, from Proto-West Germanic *staluk, *stalik, from Proto-Germanic *stalukaz, *stalikaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *stalô, *staluz (“support, stem, stalk”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch staal (“sample”), steel (“stem”), German Stiel (“stalk”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål stilk (“stalk, stem”), Faroese stjølur (“bottom part of a sheaf”), Icelandic stilkur (“stalk, stem”), Norwegian Nynorsk stilk, stylk (“stalk, stem”), styl (“lower part of a straw”), Swedish stjälk (“stalk, stem”), Albanian shtalkë (“crossbeam, board used as a door hinge”), Welsh telm (“frond”), Ancient Greek στειλειή (steileiḗ, “beam”), Old Armenian ստեղն (stełn, “trunk, stalk”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*stel-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionstalkeenm
- Inherited-form mention*stealcang
- Inherited-form mention*stalukgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*stalukazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*stalôgem-pro
- Derivation mention*stel-ine-pro · to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk
- Cognate mentionstaalnl · sample
- Cognate mentionStielde · stalk
- Cognate mentionstilknb · stalk, stem
- Cognate mentionstjølurfo · bottom part of a sheaf
- Cognate mentionstilkuris · stalk, stem
- Cognate mentionstilknn
- Cognate mentionstjälksv · stalk, stem
- Cognate mentionshtalkësq · crossbeam, board used as a door hinge
- Cognate mentiontelmcy · frond
- Cognate mentionστειλειήgrc · beam
- Cognate mentionստեղնxcl · trunk, stalk
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