Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stabaz

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 *stebʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.βɑz/

Noun

*stabaz m

staff, stick
Synonym: *waluz
a letter of the (runic) alphabet

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *stabaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stabaz	stabōz, stabōs
vocative	*stab	stabōz, stabōs
accusative	*stabą	*stabanz
genitive	stabas, stabis	*stabǫ̂
dative	*stabai	*stabamaz
instrumental	*stabō	*stabamiz

Derived terms

*bōkastabaz
*stabōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stab
- Old English: stæf
  - Middle English: staf
    - Scots: staf, staff
    - English: staff, stave (from the inflected forms)
- Old Frisian: staf, stef
  - Saterland Frisian: Stäf
  - West Frisian: stêf
- Old Saxon: staf
  - Middle Low German: staf
    - German Low German: Staff, Staav (from the inflected forms)
- Old Dutch: *staf
  - Middle Dutch: staf
    - Dutch: staf, staaf (from the inflected forms)
- Old High German: stab, stap
  - Middle High German: stab, stap
    - German: Stab
      - → Czech: štáb
      - → Danish: stab
      - → Esperanto: stabo
      - → Hungarian: stáb
      - → Macedonian: штаб (štab)
      - → Polish: sztab
      - → Russian: штаб (štab)
      - → Serbo-Croatian: štap (“stick”); štab (“headquarters”)
      - → Swedish: stab
    - Luxembourgish: Staf
Proto-Norse: ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ), *ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*stabaʀ)
- Old Norse: stafr
  - Icelandic: stafur
  - Faroese: stavur
  - Norwegian Bokmål: stav
  - Old Swedish: staver
    - Swedish: stav
  - Old Danish: staf
    - Danish: stav
  - Gutnish: stav
Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍆𐍃 (stafs) (i-stem)
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: stáhpi

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