Where does “staca” come from?

staca (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic stakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

staca (Old English): stake

Definitions

  1. stake

Ancestry of “staca”, step by step

staca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic stakô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstakôstake
2Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Frankish stakō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishstakōstake

Words derived from “staca

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-Every word from Proto-Germanic stakô