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Where does “stholk” come from?

stholk (Manx) comes from Middle English stalken, from Old English stealcian, from Proto-Germanic stalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tAlg- / -e- — to jut out, protrude.

stholk (Manx): strike

Definitions

  1. strike

Ancestry of “stholk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishstalken—
2Old Englishstealcianto stalk
3Proto-Germanicstalkazhigh, lofty, steep, stiff
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tAlg- / -e-to jut out, protrude

Words derived from “stholk”

  • stholkeyr
  • neustholkeyr
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