Where does “grubstake” come from?

grubstake (English) comes from English stake, from Middle English stake, from Old English staca, from Proto-Germanic stakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

grubstake (English): Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a...

Definitions

  1. Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a...

Ancestry of “grubstake”, step by step

grubstake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstakeA piece of wood or other material, usually long...
2Middle EnglishstakeA stake; wood put in the ground as a marker or...
3Old Englishstacastake
4Proto-Germanicstakôstake
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via English grub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrubAn immature stage in the life cycle of an insect;...
2Old Englishgrubbian
3Proto-Germanicgrubb-
4Proto-Germanicgrub-to dig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-
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