Where does “stock still” come from?
stock still (English) comes from English still as a stock, 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.
stock still (English): Very still; motionless; Without motion
Definitions
- Very still; motionless; Without motion
Ancestry of “stock still”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | still as a stock | stock still |
| 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 |