Etymograph

English

stulm

Stulm comes from German Stollen ‘tunnel’, from Old High German stollo ‘prop, post’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, place, locate’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-‘to put, place, locate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stullô‘support, post’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050stollo‘prop, post’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350stolle
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentStollen‘tunnel’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1881stulm

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-‘to put, place, locate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stullô‘support, post’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050stollo‘prop, post’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350stolle
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentStollen‘tunnel’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1881stulm

Earliest quotation: 1881, United States Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Manufactures: “… they have to advance the lower stulm on…”

Linked words

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

local, allow, location, locate, stole, install, stall, lieu, apostle, stool, loco, locus, stalk, stale, locator, epistle, locative, stele, apostolate, stela, stell, stolid, 30 more

Today it means

noun A shaft, conduit, adit, or gallery to drain a mine.

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

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

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