Where does “stavn” come from?

stavn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish stavn, from Old Norse stafn, from Proto-Germanic stamniz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stavn (Norwegian Bokmål): stem

Definitions

  1. stem

Ancestry of “stavn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstavnstem
2Old Norsestafnstem
3Proto-Germanicstamnizstem, tree stalk
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stavn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stamniz →Every word from Old Norse stafn →