Where does “stave” come from?

stave (Danish) comes from Old Norse stafa, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- — to stand still; to harden.

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Ancestry of “stave”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestafa—
2Old Norsestafrstaff
3Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ—
4Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

Words derived from “stave”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- →