stavur
Faroese
/ˈstɛaːvʊɹ/
noun
Definitions
- stick
- character, letter
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse stafr (staff, stick, rod, support) inherited from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ 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
- staf Dutch, Flemish
- *stebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *stabaz Proto-Germanic
- stakkar Norwegian Nynorsk
- distæf Old English
- stæf Old English
- Stafangr Old Norse
- bókstafr Old Norse
- stafkarl Old Norse
- stafr Old Norse
- stafur Icelandic
- stab Old High German
- 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍆𐍃 Gothic
- staver Old Swedish
- stav Westrobothnian
- staf Old Frisian
- staf Old Danish
- ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ Proto-Norse