Where does “stuci” come from?

stuci (Esperanto) comes from German stützen, from Middle High German stutzen, from Old High German untarstuzzen, from Proto-Germanic *stuttijan.

stuci (Esperanto): to prune, cut back

Definitions

  1. to prune, cut back

Ancestry of “stuci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstützento support, to underpin; to use something or...
2Middle High Germanstutzento butt, shock, stall; to scare away
3Old High Germanuntarstuzzen—
4Proto-Germanic*stuttijan—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stuttijan →Every word from Old High German untarstuzzen →Every word from Middle High German stutzen →