Where does “darbistaba” come from?
darbistaba (Latvian) comes from Latvian istaba, from Old East Slavic истъба, from Proto-Slavic jьstъba, from Proto-Germanic *stubu.
darbistaba (Latvian): study; office
Ancestry of “darbistaba”, step by step
darbistaba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian istaba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | istaba | room; room; house; peasant house, hut |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | истъба | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jьstъba | room |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *stubu | — |
via Latvian darba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | darba | genitive singular form of darbs; work |
| 2 | Latvian | darbs | work (noun), job, business |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dar-bas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |