stack

Hevok
Mane (Îngilîzî)

Berevajî
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Pircarînî

C1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/stæk/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English stack, stacke, stakke, stak, from Old Norse stakkr (“a barn; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a barn; rick; haystack”). The data structure sense is a calque of Dutch stapel, introduced by Edsger W. Dijkstra. Cognate with Icelandic stakkur (“stack”), Swedish stack (“stack”), Danish stak (“stack”), Norwegian stakk (“stack”). Related to stake and sauna.

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