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Where does “stæþþiġ” come from?
stæþþiġ (Old English) comes from Old English stæþ, from Proto-Germanic staþaz.
Ancestry of “stæþþiġ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
stæþ
stead, bank; bank, shore
2
Proto-Germanic
staþaz
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Words derived from “stæþþiġ”
won
steady
steadily
stead
unsteady
steadiness
unsteadily
roadstead
farmstead
unsteadiness
bestead
Steadicam
unwon
nonsteady
rocksteady
onstead
covenstead
girdlestead
electrowon
wonnest
dungstead
doorstead
noonstead
merestead
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