stǫng

See also: stong, Stong, and stöng

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *stancus, from a contraction of Vulgar Latin *stānticus (“tired”), from Latin stāns, stantis. Compare Romanian stâng, Aromanian stãngu.

Adjective

stǫng

1. left

Antonyms

• dirept

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stangō.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈstɒŋɡ/

Noun

stǫng f (genitive stangar, plural stangir or stengr)

1. staff, pole
2. standard-pole

Derived terms

• níðstǫng
• skaldstǫng

Descendants

• Icelandic: stöng
• Faroese: stong
• Norwegian: stang
• Old Swedish: stang
  • Swedish: stång
• Danish: stang
• → Middle English: stange, stang, stong
  • Scots: stang, stong
  • English: stang
• → Old East Slavic: стѧгъ (stęgŭ)
  • Old Ruthenian: стѧгъ (stjah)
    • Belarusian: сцяг (scjah)
    • Ukrainian: стяг (stjah)
  • Russian: стяг (stjag)
    • → Bulgarian: стяг (stjag)