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
Ancestry of “stab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | stab | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | stap | — |
| 3 | Old High German | stab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *stab | — |