Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “stab” come from?

stab (Swedish) comes from German stab, from Middle High German stap, from Old High German stab, from Proto-Germanic *stab.

stab (Swedish): a staff

Definitions

  1. a staff

Ancestry of “stab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstab—
2Middle High Germanstap—
3Old High Germanstab—
4Proto-Germanic*stab—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stab →