Where does “Stoke” come from?
Stoke comes from Old English stoc, derived from Proto-Germanic stukką, a term of uncertain ultimate origin whose earliest sense remains unknown.
Ancestry of “Stoke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Stoker | — |
| 2 | Dutch | stoker | stoker, one who stokes fuel; agitator, one who... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | stoker | stoker |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stōken | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |