*stubbaz

Runic: ᛊᛏᚢᛒᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈstub.bɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

stump; stub

Etymology

From an earlier n-stem *stubbô ~ *stubbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb⁽ʰ⁾- (‘to push; knock; butt’), but the reason for the voiced coda is uncertain. Compare Ancient Greek στύπος (stúpos) (stúpos, ‘stump’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	stubbaz	stubbōz, stubbōs
Acc.	stubbą	stubbanz
Gen.	stubbas, stubbis	stubbǫ̂
Dat.	stubbai	stubbamaz
Inst.	stubbō	stubbamiz
Voc.	stubb	stubbōz, stubbōs

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Descendants

*stubb (Proto-West Germanic)
- stubb, stybb, stebb, *stubjaz, *stubbijaz (Old English)
  - stubbe (Middle English)
    - stub (English)
    - stub, stob (Scots)
*stubb (Proto-West Germanic)
- *steb (Old Frisian)
  - steblith (Old Frisian)
stubbr (Old Norse)
- stub (Danish)
- stubbur (Icelandic)
- stubb (Norn)
- stubb (Norwegian)

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