Where does “nastavit” come from?
nastavit (Czech) comes from Czech stavit, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- — to stand still; to harden.
nastavit (Czech): to set
Definitions
- to set
Ancestry of “nastavit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | stavit | To build; to come by, to stop by |
| 2 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 3 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 4 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 5 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |