Proto-Germanic: *stabi-z, *stabr=, *stabbēn, etc.
Meaning: stick, post
Gothic: *staf-s, pl. dat. -im m. (i) pl. `elements, elemental spirits'
Old Norse: staf-r m. `Stab; Pfeiler; Formular; Buchstabe, Rune'; stafn m. `Steven, Raum im Vorsteven; Giebel; Kopftuch'; stabbi m. `Baumstumpf'
Norwegian: stav; stamn; stabbe
Swedish: stav; dial. staver `Zaunpfahl'; stam; stabbe
Old Danish: stafär `Zaunpfahl'
Danish: stav; stavn; stabbe
Old English: stäf `Stab, Buchstabe'; stäfn, stemn `Baumstamm, Grundlage, Steven'
English: staff
Old Frisian: stef `Stab'; stevene
Old Saxon: staf m.
Middle Dutch: staf m.; stevene
Dutch: staf m.
Middle Low German: staf
Old High German: stab (8.Jh.) `Stock, Stütze, Stab'; stabēn 'starr, steif sein/wer den', gistabēn 'erstarren' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: stap (-b-) st. m., md. stap, staf `Stab, Stock, Stütze; Pilger-, Hirten-, Bischofsstab, Kreuz, Massstab'
German: Stab m.
