stoel

Dutch (Brabantic)

/stul/

noun
Definitions
  • A chair, a piece of furniture used for sitting, normally portable and having four legs.
  • hence) Any seat, from stool to throne; a dais.
  • The base on which something rests, e.g. platform; something fixed on it, notably a workbench.
  • A place of residence, headquarters, powerbase.
  • (botany) A receptacle, stool, a type of stump.
  • (obsolete) A confessional chair.
  • (obsolete) Fecal stool.
  • (obsolete) A toadstool, a mushroom.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch stoel inherited from Old Dutch stuol inherited from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz (chair, throne, stool) derived from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up), *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

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Kanji

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