Etymograph

English

Stapel

Stapel comes from German Stapel ‘stack, batch’, from Proto-West Germanic *stapul ‘pillar, post, basis, foundation’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stapulaz‘pillar, post’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stapul‘pillar, post, basis, foundation’reconstructed
  3. Old Saxonc. 800–1200stapol
  4. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600stāpel
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentStapel‘stack, batch’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stapulaz‘pillar, post’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stapul‘pillar, post, basis, foundation’reconstructed
  3. Old Saxonc. 800–1200stapol
  4. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600stāpel
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentStapel‘stack, batch’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *stapulaz / Stapel