Where does “штаб//štab” come from?

штаб//štab (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German stab, from Middle High German stap, from Old High German stab, from Proto-Germanic *stab.

Ancestry of “штаб//štab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstabrod, staff, baton
2Middle High Germanstap—
3Old High Germanstab—
4Proto-Germanic*stab—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stab →Every word from Old High German stab →Every word from Middle High German stap →
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