Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “stab”

93 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic stab — including staff, stave, staffer, distaff, flagstaff, waitstaff, staffroom, pikestaff.

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English (35)

German (15)

Old English (11)

Middle English (5)

Serbo-Croatian (4)

Russian (3)

Hungarian (3)

Esperanto (3)

Old Frisian (2)

Middle High German (2)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Macedonian (1)

Japanese (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Korean (1)

Italian (1)

Spanish (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)