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, baton

Definitions

  1. rod, staff, baton

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 Proto-Germanic stabaz

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

Words derived from “stab”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *stab →Every word from Old High German stab →Every word from Middle High German stap →