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Where does “stubless” come from?

stubless (English) comes from English stub, from Middle English stubbe, from Old English stybb, from Old English stubb, from Old Norse stubbr, from Proto-Germanic stubbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

stubless (English): Without a stub; Into which no deposit has ever...

Definitions

  1. Without a stub; Into which no deposit has ever...

Ancestry of “stubless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstubSomething blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as...
2Middle Englishstubbetree stump; pointed stick, stake, thorn, stub,...
3Old Englishstybbstump of a tree; stub
4Old EnglishstubbAlternative form of stybb; tree stump
5Old Norsestubbra tree stump
6Proto-Germanicstubbazstump; stub
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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