Where does “stützen” come from?

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

stützen (German): to support, to underpin; to use something or...

Definitions

  1. to support, to underpin; to use something or...

Ancestry of “stützen”, step by step

stützen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German stutzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstutzento butt, shock, stall; to scare away
2Old High Germanuntarstuzzen—
3Proto-Germanic*stuttijan—

via Middle High German understüzzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanunderstüzzen—

via Middle Low German stütten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstütten—

Words derived from “stützen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *stuttijan →Every word from Old High German untarstuzzen →Every word from Middle High German stutzen →