stæf
Old English
noun
Definitions
- staff
- (grammar) letter, written character
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *stabaz (staff, stick).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stabaz
Gloss
staff, stick
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- staff English
- staf Dutch, Flemish
- *stebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bōkastabaz Proto-Germanic
- *stabaz Proto-Germanic
- *stapulaz Proto-Germanic
- stakkar Norwegian Nynorsk
- arstafas Old English
- bocstæf Old English
- bōc Old English
- distæf Old English
- leahtor Old English
- rōf Old English
- stapol Old English
- stæfcræft Old English
- stæfleahter Old English
- stæflic Old English
- stæfrof Old English
- stæfwis Old English
- stæfwritere Old English
- wrītere Old English
- wyrd Old English
- wyrdstæf Old English
- wīs Old English
- ār Old English
- staf Middle English
- stafflike Middle English
- staffull Middle English
- stafslynge Middle English
- stapel Middle English
- stefcreft Middle English
- Stafangr Old Norse
- bókstafr Old Norse
- stafkarl Old Norse
- stafr Old Norse
- stafur Icelandic
- stab Old High German
- stavur Faroese
- stab, stap Middle High German
- zhdëp Albanian
- 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍆𐍃 Gothic
- staver Old Swedish
- stav Westrobothnian
- staf Old Frisian
- *štapa Proto-Albanian
- staf Old Danish
- ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ Proto-Norse