Where does “staf” come from?

staf (Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic stabaz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- — to stand still; to harden.

staf (Dutch): staff

Definitions

  1. staff

Ancestry of “staf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

Words derived from “staf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stabaz →