Etymograph

English

stull

Stull comes from Proto-Germanic *stullô ‘support, post, beam’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, to place’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-1‘to put, to place’root named by Wiktionary
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stullô1‘support, post, beam’reconstructed
  3. Englishtodaystull1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stull

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-Wiktionary, English stull‘to put, to place’root named by Wiktionary
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stullôWiktionary, English stull‘support, post, beam’reconstructed
  3. EnglishtodaystullWiktionary, English stull

The story

Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German stolle.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, to place’

local, location, allow, locate, stole, install, lieu, apostle, stool, loco, stall, locus, stalk, stale, locator, epistle, locative, stele, apostolate, stela, stolid, stell, 29 more

Today it means

noun A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stull”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stel- / stull

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