Where does “Stab” come from?

Stab (German) comes from Middle High German stap, from Old High German stab, from Proto-Germanic *stab.

Stab (German): rod, staff; staff; palet

Definitions

  1. rod, staff; staff; palet

Ancestry of “Stab”, step by step

Stab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German stap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstap—
2Old High Germanstab—
3Proto-Germanic*stab—

via Middle High German stab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstab—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stab →Every word from Old High German stab →Every word from Middle High German stap →