Etymograph

English

stang

Stang comes from Old Norse stǫng ‘staff, pole’, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz ‘bar, rod’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stengʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stangiz‘bar, rod’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350stǫng‘staff, pole’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stang‘a pole’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1880same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stengʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stangiz‘bar, rod’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350stǫng‘staff, pole’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stang‘a pole’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1880same form

Earliest quotation: 1880, Jonathan Swift: “These fields were intermingled with woods of half a…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-

sting, 1 more

Another origin of stang

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350stanga‘prick, goad’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stangen‘to puncture with a blade’
  3. Englishtodaystang

Today it means

noun A forked ritual staff.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ- / stang

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