Where does “stabs” come from?
stabs (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic stab-, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- — to stand still; to harden.
stabs (Latvian): pole, post, pillar; column, pillar; column
Definitions
- pole, post, pillar; column, pillar; column
Ancestry of “stabs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | stab- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |
Words derived from “stabs”