Where does “stoc” come from?

stoc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stok, from Frankish *stokk, from Proto-Germanic stukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Ancestry of “stoc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstok
2Frankish*stokk
3Proto-Germanicstukkazstick; beam; post; stump
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “stoc

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-