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”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑ.βɑz/

Noun

*stabaz m

  1. staff, stick
    Synonym: *waluz
  2. a letter of the (runic) alphabet

Inflection

Declension 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

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *stab
    • Old English: stæf
    • 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
    • Old High German: stab, stap
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*stabaʀ), ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ) (accusative plural)
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍆𐍃 (stafs) (i-stem)
  • → Proto-Samic:
    • Northern Sami: stáhpi

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*staba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471
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