Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stalukaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*stalikaz

Etymology

From *staluz +‎ *-ukaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.lu.kɑz/

Noun

*stalukaz m

small rod or staff
handle
(of a plant) stalk

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *stalukaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stalukaz	stalukōz, stalukōs
vocative	*staluk	stalukōz, stalukōs
accusative	*staluką	*stalukanz
genitive	stalukas, stalukis	*stalukǫ̂
dative	*stalukai	*stalukamaz
instrumental	*stalukō	*stalukamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *staluk, *stalik
- Old English: *stealuc, *stealc, *stielc
  - Middle English: stalk, stalke, stelke
    - English: stalk
    - Scots: stalk, stauk, stawk
- Old High German: *stelh
  - ⇒ Old High German: wazzarstelh
Old Norse: *stjælkr
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stjelk, stelk, stalk
- Old Swedish: stiælker; stiælke
  - Swedish: stjälk
- Old Danish: stiælke
>? Old Norse: stilkr (perhaps conflated with Old Saxon stil; compare Old High German stil)
- Icelandic: stilkur
- Danish: stilk
- Norwegian Bokmål: stilk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stilk

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