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Where does “stormtost” come from?

stormtost (English) comes from English storm, from Middle English storm, from Old English storm, from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- — to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...

stormtost (English): Archaic spelling of stormtossed

Definitions

  1. Archaic spelling of stormtossed

Ancestry of “stormtost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstormAny disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially...
2Middle EnglishstormA storm; an instance of intense wind and...
3Old Englishstormstorm
4Proto-West Germanic*sturm—
5Proto-Germanicsturmazstorm
6Proto-Indo-European(s)twer-to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...
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