Where does “Stockdividende” come from?

Stockdividende (German) comes from German Stock, from Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-Germanic stukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Stockdividende (German): stock dividend, scrip dividend a dividend payment made in the form of additional shares rather than cash

Definitions

  1. stock dividend, scrip dividend a dividend payment made in the form of additional shares rather than cash

Ancestry of “Stockdividende”, step by step

Stockdividende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStockstick
2Middle High Germanstoc—
3Old High Germanstoc—
4Proto-Germanicstukkazstick; beam; post; stump
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via German Dividende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDividendedividend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stukkaz →
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