stofu

Old English

Alternative forms

  • *stufu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stubu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsto.fu/, [ˈsto.vu]

Noun

stofu f

  1. a room with a heated bath

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative stofu stofa, stofe
accusative stofe stofa, stofe
genitive stofe stofa
dative stofe stofum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: stuve, stufe, stuphe (spelling influenced by Medieval Latin stūpha)
    • English: stove (merged with a borrowing from Middle Dutch and/or Middle Low German)
    • Scots: stove, stofe, stoif, stoff
  • Old English: stufbæþ