Etymograph

English

Stâlpeni

Stâlpeni comes from Romanian stâlp ‘pillar’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, to place’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-‘to put, to place’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stl̥-p-ósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*stulpasreconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*stъlpъ‘post, pole, pillar, column’reconstructed
  5. Old Church Slavonicmodernстлъпъ‘pillar, column, tower’
  6. Romanianc. 1500–presentstâlp‘pillar’
  7. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentStâlpeni
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-‘to put, to place’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stl̥-p-ósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*stulpasreconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*stъlpъ‘post, pole, pillar, column’reconstructed
  5. Old Church Slavonicmodernстлъпъ‘pillar, column, tower’
  6. Romanianc. 1500–presentstâlp‘pillar’
  7. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentStâlpeni
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

local, allow, location, stole, install, locate, stall, lieu, stool, apostle, stalk, stale, loco, locus, locator, epistle, locative, stele, apostolate, stela, stell, stolid, 31 more

Today it means

name A commune of Argeș County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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