Where does “stag” come from?

stag (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *stag, from Proto-Germanic stagą, from Proto-Indo-European stek-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

Ancestry of “stag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*stag—
2Proto-Germanicstagąa stay
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstek-to stand, stell, hold; to be firm, stand fast
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstā-to stand, place
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “stag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stā- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stek- →