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 *stóbʰ-o-s (“staff”), from *stebʰ- (“to stand still; to harden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.βɑz/

Noun

*stabaz m

1. staff, stick

   Synonym: *waluz

2. 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
• *rūnōstabaz
• *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: štab (“headquarters”)
        • → Swedish: stab
      • Luxembourgish: Staf
• Proto-Norse: *ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*stabaʀ), ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ) (accusative plural)
  • 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