estal

Old French

Alternative forms

• estalle, estale, estaille

Etymology

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

Noun

estal oblique singular, 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
  • French: étal
• 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)