Where does “stofa” come from?

stofa (Old Norse) comes from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

stofa (Old Norse): room, living room

Definitions

  1. room, living room

Ancestry of “stofa”, step by step

stofa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stōve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstōve—
2Old Saxon*stova—
3Proto-West Germanic*stobu—

via Old Norse stufa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestufa—
2Proto-Germanic*stubu—

Words derived from “stofa”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stobu →Every word from Old Saxon *stova →Every word from German stōve →