Where does “stub” come from?

Stub comes from Middle English stubbe, from Old English stybb, from Proto-Germanic stubbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewb-, itself from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-.

stub (English): Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as...

Definitions

  1. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as...

Ancestry of “stub”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishstubbetree stump; pointed stick, stake, thorn, stub,...
2Old Englishstybbstump of a tree; stub
3Old EnglishstubbAlternative form of stybb; tree stump
4Old Norsestubbra tree stump
5Proto-Germanicstubbazstump; stub
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “stub”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stubbaz →Every word from Old Norse stubbr →