Where does “gunstock war club” come from?
gunstock war club (English) comes from English gunstock, from English stock, from Italian stoccata, from Italian stoccare, from Italian stocco, from Middle Dutch stōken, from Old Dutch stokon, from Proto-Germanic stukōną — to push, to hit.
gunstock war club (English): A Native American wooden club once used for war, now used ceremonially, with the appearance of the wooden stock of a European North American colonial era musket, with a metal knife blade attached to the clubbing end
Definitions
- A Native American wooden club once used for war, now used ceremonially, with the appearance of the wooden stock of a European North American colonial era musket, with a metal knife blade attached to the clubbing end
Ancestry of “gunstock war club”, step by step
gunstock war club traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gunstock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gunstock | The handle of a handgun; The rear part of a... |
| 2 | English | stock | A store or supply; The capital raised by a... |
| 3 | Italian | stoccata | hit with a sword, especially a tuck; thrust,... |
| 4 | Italian | stoccare | to stock; to strike or thrust with a tuck or... |
| 5 | Italian | stocco | tuck; A rapier, a sword; corn plant after cobs... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | stōken | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English war club
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | war club | — |