Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stab

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stabaz.

Noun

*stab m

1. staff
2. letter

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stab
Genitive	*stabas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stab	*stabō, *stabōs
Accusative	*stab	*stabā
Genitive	*stabas	*stabō
Dative	*stabē	*stabum
Instrumental	*stabu	*stabum

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
      • → Czech: štáb
      • → Danish: stab
      • → Esperanto: stabo
      • → Hungarian: stáb
      • → Macedonian: штаб (štab)
      • → Polish: sztab
      • → Russian: штаб (štab)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: štab (“headquarters”)
      • → Swedish: stab
    • Luxembourgish: Staf