Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stōwō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, place, put”).

Noun

*stōwō f

a place, location, site
stowage

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *stōwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stōwō	*stōwôz
vocative	*stōwō	*stōwôz
accusative	*stōwǭ	*stōwōz
genitive	*stōwōz	*stōwǫ̂
dative	*stōwōi	*stōwōmaz
instrumental	*stōwō	*stōwōmiz

Derived terms

*stōwijaną
*stōwōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stōwu
- Old English: stōw, -stōw
  - Middle English: stowe, stow
    - Scots: stow
    - English: stow
  - ⇒ Old English: hēafodstōw
- Old Frisian: stō
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: hāvedstō
- >? Old Saxon: *stōwa
  - Middle Low German: stouw, stouwe (alternatively deverbal)
    - German Low German: Stau
      - → German: Stau
- >? Old Dutch: *stōwa, *stuowa
  - Middle Dutch: stouwe, *stoe, *stouw (alternatively deverbal)
    - Dutch: stuw, stouw
- Old High German: *stuo
  - ⇒ Old High German: stuotago
Old Norse: stó
- Icelandic: stó
- Norwegian: sto
- Old Swedish: stō (in compounds)
Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 (staua)

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