Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stabaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

a staff, stick

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

Descendants

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
    - Danish: stab
    - Russian: штаб (štab)
    - Macedonian: штаб (štab)
    - Serbo-Croatian: štap (“stick”); štab (“headquarters”)
    - Esperanto: stabo
  - Luxembourgish: Staf
Norse: ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ (staba)
- Old Norse: stafr
  - Icelandic: stafur
  - Faroese: stavur
  - Norwegian: stav
  - Old Swedish: staver
    - Swedish: stav
  - Old Danish: staf
    - Danish: stav
  - Gutnish: stav
  - Westrobothnian: stȧf, stæv, stav
Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍆𐍃 (stafs) (i-stem)
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: stáhpi

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