Where does “stavn” come from?

stavn (Danish) comes from Old Norse stafn, from Proto-Germanic stamniz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stavn (Danish): stem

Definitions

  1. stem

Ancestry of “stavn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestafnstem
2Proto-Germanicstamnizstem, tree stalk
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stavn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stamniz →Every word from Old Norse stafn →
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