STAF

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Old Frisian 1.6 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 Last Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

stafr = 'staff, stick, post' ^{[1] [2] [3]}
staf-r = 'staff, stick, post' ^[4]

Gothic

staf-s = 'staff, stick, post' ^[4]

Old High German

stab = 'staff, stick, post' ^[4]

Old Saxon

staf = 'staff, stick, post' ^[4]

Old Frisian

stef = 'staff, stick, post' ^[4]

Old English

stæf = 'staff, stick, post' ^[4]

Related Names

Combinations

Name Element	Example
GAUT	see Gautstafr

Last Element Forms

-sta -staf -staff -stafr -stav -stava

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
3. ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
4. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)