estal

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Frankish *stal, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stallaz; cf. also Medieval Latin stallum. See English stall.

Noun

estal m (oblique plural estaus or estax or estals, nominative singular estaus or estax or estals, nominative plural estal)

  1. position, place, site
  2. stall, stable

Descendants
  • Bourguignon: etau
  • Middle French: estal, hestal, estail
  • Lorrain: tō (Messin), ètau, eitau (Spinalien)
  • Norman: éta (Guernesiais, Jersiais), étâ (Pont-Audemer)
  • Orléanais: étau
  • Picard: ètâl (Athois), [Term?] (/etɔ/) (Gondecourt), [Term?] (/etø/) (Mesnil-Martinsart), [Term?] (/etɔːw/) (Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise)
  • Old Walloon: astalle (Liégeois)
    • Walloon: stå (Liégeois), ichtau (Namurois)
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