*stabaz

Runic: ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈstɑ.βɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. staff, stick
  2. a letter of the (runic) alphabet

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stóbʰ-o-s (‘staff’), from *stebʰ- (‘to stand still; to harden’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.stabazstabōz, stabōs
Acc.stabąstabanz
Gen.stabas, stabisstabǫ̂
Dat.stabaistabamaz
Inst.stabōstabamiz
Voc.stabstabōz, stabōs

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Descendants

  • *stab (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *staf (Old Dutch)
      • staf (Middle Dutch)
        • staaf (Dutch)
  • *stab (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *staf (Old Dutch)
      • staf (Middle Dutch)
        • staf (Dutch)
          • staf (Afrikaans)
          • staf (Indonesian)
          • staf (Papiamentu)
  • *stab (Proto-West Germanic)
    • stæf (Old English)
      • staf (Middle English)
        • staff, stave (English)
        • staf, staff (Scots)
  • *stab (Proto-West Germanic)
    • staf, stef (Old Frisian)
      • Stäf (Saterland Frisian)
      • stêf (West Frisian)
  • *stab (Proto-West Germanic)
    • stab, stap (Old High German)
      • stab, stap (Middle High German)
        • Staf (Luxembourgish)
  • *stab (Proto-West Germanic)
    • stab, stap (Old High German)
      • stab, stap (Middle High German)
        • Stab (German)
          • štáb (Czech)
          • stab (Danish)
          • stabo (Esperanto)
          • stáb (Hungarian)
          • штаб (štab) (Macedonian)
          • sztab (Polish)
          • штаб (štab) (Russian)
          • štab (Serbo-Croatian)
          • stab (Swedish)
  • *stab (Proto-West Germanic)
    • staf (Old Saxon)
      • staf (Middle Low German)
        • Staff, Staav (German Low German)
  • *ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*stabaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stafr (Old Norse)
      • stavur (Faroese)
      • stav (Gutnish)
      • stafur (Icelandic)
      • stav (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*stabaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stafr (Old Norse)
      • staf (Old Danish)
        • stav (Danish)
  • *ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*stabaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stafr (Old Norse)
      • staver (Old Swedish)
        • stav (Swedish)
  • ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stafr (Old Norse)
      • stavur (Faroese)
      • stav (Gutnish)
      • stafur (Icelandic)
      • stav (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stafr (Old Norse)
      • staf (Old Danish)
        • stav (Danish)
  • ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • stafr (Old Norse)
      • staver (Old Swedish)
        • stav (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍆𐍃 (stafs) (Gothic)
  • ? (Proto-Samic)
    • stáhpi (Northern Sami)

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