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Where does “stang” come from?

stang (Middle English) comes from Old Norse stǫng, from Latin stancus, from Latin stānticus, from Latin stāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestǫngstaff, pole; standard-pole
2Latinstancus—
3Latinstānticus—
4Latinstāns—
5Latinstō—
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →