Where does “stoßen” come from?

stoßen (German) comes 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.

stoßen (German): to push; to shove; to thrust; to bump; to knock;...

Definitions

  1. to push; to shove; to thrust; to bump; to knock;...

Ancestry of “stoßen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stoßen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stew- →