Where does “stops” come from?

stops (Latvian) comes from Latvian stiept, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

stops (Latvian): crossbow; old unit for measuring volume,...

Definitions

  1. crossbow; old unit for measuring volume,...

Ancestry of “stops”, step by step

stops traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian stiept

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianstieptto stretch; to fetch, bring
2Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

via Middle Low German stōp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstōpbeaker, flask; measure of volume
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp- →Every word from Latvian stiept →