Where does “stafr” come from?

stafr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- — to stand still; to harden.

stafr (Old Norse): staff

Definitions

  1. staff

Ancestry of “stafr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ—
2Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

Words derived from “stafr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stabaz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ →