Where does “stub” come from?
stub (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic stъlbъ, from Proto-Indo-European stl̥b-.
stub (Serbo-Croatian): pillar; column
Ancestry of “stub”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | stъlbъ | post, pillar |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | stl̥b- | — |