στήλη
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- block of stone used as a prop or buttress to a wall
- block of rock crystal, in which the Ethiopian mummies were cased
- block or slab used as a memorial, monument
- gravestone, tombstone
- monument inscribed with record of victories, dedications or votes of thanks
- post placed on mortgage ground, as a record of the fact
- boundary post
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥-neh₂, *sth₂-sleh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sth₂-sleh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- birthstool English
- campstool English
- close-stool English
- closestool English
- cuttystool English
- destool English
- enstool English
- foldstool English
- footstool English
- frithstool English
- kickstool English
- nightstool English
- padstool English
- stela English
- stele English
- stelography English
- step stool English
- stepstool English
- stool English
- stoolie English
- stooly English
- toadstool English
- stolo Latin
- stēla Latin
- stēla, stela Latin
- Stele German
- stèle French
- *stel- Proto-Indo-European
- *sth₂-sleh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *stl̥-neh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- stele Norwegian Bokmål
- *stullô Proto-Germanic
- stela Polish
- stele Norwegian Nynorsk
- stool Middle English
- stollo Old High German
- stulo Ido
- stolle Middle High German
- টুল Assamese
- stuli Swahili