Where does “stunter” come from?
stunter (English) comes from English stunt, from Middle English stunt, from Middle English stound, from Old English stund, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic stundō, from Proto-Indo-European stut-, from Proto-Indo-European stā- — to stand.
stunter (English): One who performs stunts; a stuntman or stuntwoman
Definitions
- One who performs stunts; a stuntman or stuntwoman
Ancestry of “stunter”, step by step
stunter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stunt | A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the... |
| 2 | Middle English | stunt | Alternative form of stound: various spans of... |
| 3 | Middle English | stound | A while: a short span of time; Time, "especially"... |
| 4 | Old English | stund | time, while; a period of time, an hour;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *stundu | period of time, hour |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stundō | mark, marker; point in time; period of time |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stut- | prop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |