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Where does “stholkeyr” come from?

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

stholkeyr (Manx): striker

Definitions

  1. striker

Ancestry of “stholkeyr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxstholkstrike
2Middle Englishstalken—
3Old Englishstealcianto stalk
4Proto-Germanicstalkazhigh, lofty, steep, stiff
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tAlg- / -e-to jut out, protrude
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