English
stulp
Stulp comes from Old Norse stólpi ‘post, pillar’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to be stiff’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-1‘to be stiff’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stulpô1‘post, pole, pillar’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350stólpi1‘post, pillar’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stulp1
- Englishearliest quotation 1821stulp1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English stulp
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1821, John Care: “Or 'neath the hazel's leafy thatch, On a stulp…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-Wiktionary, English stulp‘to be stiff’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stulpôWiktionary, English stulp‘post, pole, pillar’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350stólpiWiktionary, English stulp‘post, pillar’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stulpWiktionary, English stulp
- Englishearliest quotation 1821stulpWiktionary, English stulp. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1821, John Care: “Or 'neath the hazel's leafy thatch, On a stulp…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to be stiff’
local, allow, location, locate, stole, install, stall, lieu, apostle, stool, loco, locus, stalk, stale, locator, epistle, locative, stele, apostolate, stela, stell, stolid, 29 more
through Old Norse stólpi ‘post, pillar’
Today it means
noun A short stout post used for any purpose, such as the marking of a boundary.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stulp”. 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- / stulp