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Old English stæf (inherited)
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English staff (mention)
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Middle English staf (inherited)
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Proto-Germanic *stabaz (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *stab (inherited)
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English staff (mention)
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English stave (mention)
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Spanish staff (borrowed)
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French staff (borrowed)
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Italian staff (borrowed)
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Japanese スタッフ (borrowed)
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Luxembourgish Staf (cognate)
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Latvian stabs (cognate)
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Pennsylvania German Schtaab (mention)
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Saterland Frisian Stäf (cognate)