From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *stl̥-to-s, from *stel- (“to place, stand”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) IPA(key): /ˈstul.tɑz/ *<span class="searchmatch">stultaz</span> proud stately...
staff, rod trunk, stalk stump, tail *stalukaz *stallaz *stullô *<span class="searchmatch">stultaz</span> <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *stalu (*stalō, *stelō ?) Old English: stalu; stæla, steola...
(learned) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-Iranian: *stʰálaH <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-Aryan: *stʰálaH Sanskrit: स्थला (sthálā, “floor, mound”) *stl̥-to- <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">stultaz</span> (see there...