Etymology

stang

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Today it means: A forked ritual staff. Full definition →

Middle English stang ← Old Norse stǫng ← Proto-Germanic *stangiz
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stang · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*stengʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stangiz
  3. Old Norse · derived fromstǫng
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstang
  5. English todaystang

Inherited from Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).

stang · verb2

  1. Old Norse · derived fromstanga“prick, goad”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromstangen
  3. English todaystang

Inherited from Middle English stangen, from Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).

Stang · proper noun3

From the German and Jewish surname, from the noun Stange (“pole”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishstang all →

Stanger

Old Norsestǫng all →

Mallerstang

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.