Where does “stay-stomach” come from?

stay-stomach (English) comes from English stay, from Middle English stay, from Old French estaye, from Middle Dutch staeye, from Middle Dutch staede, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis.

stay-stomach (English): A snack

Definitions

  1. A snack

Ancestry of “stay-stomach”, step by step

stay-stomach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstayTo prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady; To...
2Middle EnglishstayA stay
3Old Frenchestayeprop, support
4Middle Dutchstaeyea prop, stay
5Middle Dutchstaede
6Old Dutchstada site, place, location, standing
7Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
9Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via English stomach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstomachAn organ in animals that stores food in the...
2Middle EnglishstomakThe stomach or guts of a organism; One's belly;...
3Old Frenchestomacstomach
4Latinstomachusgullet, alimentary canal; stomach; taste or...
5Ancient Greekστόμαχοςthroat, gullet; stomach; bladder
6Ancient Greekστόμαmouth; face; The source of a river or stream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstomn̥
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-