Where does “stake” come from?

Stake comes from Middle English stake, from Old English staca, from Proto-Germanic stakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-.

stake (English): A piece of wood or other material, usually long...

Definitions

  1. A piece of wood or other material, usually long...

Ancestry of “stake”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stake”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stakô →Every word from Old English staca →