Where does “stub” come from?

stub (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic stъlbъ, from Proto-Indo-European stl̥b-.

stub (Serbo-Croatian): pillar; column

Definitions

  1. pillar; column

Ancestry of “stub”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstъlbъpost, pillar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstl̥b-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stl̥b- →Every word from Proto-Slavic stъlbъ →