Where does “medarbejderstab” come from?

medarbejderstab (Danish) comes from Danish stab, from German stab, from Middle High German stap, from Old High German stab, from Proto-Germanic *stab.

medarbejderstab (Danish): staff, personnel

Definitions

  1. staff, personnel

Ancestry of “medarbejderstab”, step by step

medarbejderstab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish stab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstabstaff
2Germanstabrod, staff, baton
3Middle High Germanstap
4Old High Germanstab
5Proto-Germanic*stab

via Danish medarbejder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmedarbejderemployee
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stab
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