Where does “bestoßen” come from?

bestoßen (German) comes from German stoßen, from Old High German stōzan, from Proto-West Germanic stautan, from Proto-Germanic stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd-, from Proto-Indo-European stew- — to praise, laud.

bestoßen (German): to scuff

Definitions

  1. to scuff

Ancestry of “bestoßen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstoßento push; to shove; to thrust; to bump; to knock;...
2Old High Germanstōzan—
3Proto-West Germanicstautanto knock, to bump
4Proto-Germanicstautanąto push, to bump, to jolt
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tewd-to push, to hit
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstew-to praise, laud

Words derived from “bestoßen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stew- →