Where does “ștangă” come from?

ștangă (Romanian) comes from German Stange, from Old High German stanga, from Proto-Germanic stangō, from Proto-Indo-European stengʰ- — to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff; to prick,...

ștangă (Romanian): pole; bar; rod; post a long stick, usually round and of metal

Definitions

  1. pole; bar; rod; post a long stick, usually round and of metal

Ancestry of “ștangă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStangepole; bar; rod; post; a small straight glass for...
2Old High Germanstangastick, club
3Proto-Germanicstangōbar; rod; stake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstengʰ-to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff; to prick,...
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