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Where does “stutzen” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “stutzen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stutzen”

  • Stützrad
  • Stützpunkt
  • abstützen
  • unterstützen
  • šticpunkt
  • штицпункт
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