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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | stok | — |
| 2 | Frankish | *stokk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stukkaz | stick; beam; post; stump |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “stoc”